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In elementary school, one of my classmates was hit by a car on his bicycle. He must have been about 9. His head went through the windshield.

He was fine.

The windshield was not fine. His helmet was not fine. The teacher had him bring in his mangled helmet to show the whole class. Nobody had to tell us he’d be dead if it weren’t for the helmet. It was obvious.

I still remember this vividly 40 years later.

I wear a helmet.

Re this from @thomasfuchs:
hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/1153…

Thomas 🔭🕹️ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)

Just had to block (not on here) people who were arguing that wearing helmet doesn’t add protection for you when you use a bicycle. Incredible stuff.
Hachyderm.io
@Thomas 🔭🕹️
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Final Round Player 😷🇪🇺🍸

You should not need a bicycle helmet for every day utility cycling any more than you should need a helmet for walking or running. The activity and the environment should be safe enough that hitting your head hard in just the right way should be vanishingly unlikely. This is the Dutch and N European way.

Racing, Peloton, Downhill, BMX, MTB, 30mph E-Bikes are another thing entirely.

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Listening to this song about a folk singer who has a new song about the economic opportunity program, and feeling like Kamala Harris could've used a song like that, although the fictitious folk singer in the song doesn't seem to have much luck getting people interested in his tunes. youtube.com/watch?v=MNoNNdQwrL…

Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesGreenwich Village Folk Song Salesman · Nancy Sinatra · Lee Hazlewood · Tom T. HallNancy & Lee℗ 2022 Boots Enter...
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Mike Gorse

@Thumper1964 It's an old Nancy Sinatra / Lee Hazlewood song. And I've been thinking the same thing--I feel like we're lacking music somehow. Maybe people are writing songs that I don't know about. There's David Rovics, but I don't think that he is particularly well-known. He has a substack and wrote an essay a while ago where he lamented that there isn't more music at protest rallies. He argued that there are reasons that it is often not there, but none of them are good reasons.
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Kevin LaRose, 8647

Here is an example of a recent modern protest song. I was disappointed to see that it only had 473 views on Youtube. youtu.be/063OzXwu9L8?si=cr5RQZ…

You’re Not Supposed to Laugh at the King

Provided to YouTube by DistroKidYou’re Not Supposed to Laugh at the King · Louise & Thom Hartmann · unknownYou’re Not Supposed to Laugh at the King℗ Mythical...
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"Bon, la grippe on va vous faire le vaccin mais le COVID non 🥰"

🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Edit: C'est en Allemagne donc rappels 1x par an et selon des critères assez restreints (genre pas entre 18 et 59 ans).
Donc vivre avec une personne qui est sous traitement contre le cancer, ou avoir de la famille proche de plus de 90 ans dont une qui vient de faire un infarctus c'est pas vraiment grave.

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Bundespreis Ecodesign 2025 – Wir sind nominiert!

Der Bundespreis Ecodesign ist die höchste staatliche Auszeichnung für ökologisches Design in Deutschland.🏅

🟢 149 Beiträge haben es in die Jurysitzung geschafft.
✅ 30 davon wurden nun für den Bundespreis Ecodesign 2025 nominiert!

Die Preisverleihung findet am 1. Dezember im Bundesumweltministerium in Berlin statt. Bis dahin heißt es: Daumen drücken!👍

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #ecodesignpreis #nachhaltigkeit #designaward

#nachhaltigkeit #shifthappens #shiftphone #shift #ecodesignpreis #designaward

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Comme maire du plateau il n'a même pas pietonnisé av Mont Royal à l'année.

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Projet Montréal souhaite continuer de piétonniser une partie du Vieux-Montréal

Le chef de Projet Montréal, Luc Rabouin, a annoncé dimanche vouloir piétonniser plusieurs artères dans le Vieux-Montréal, poursuivant ainsi le projet de « royaume des piétons » initié par l’administration de Valérie Plante.
La Presse
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Andre Weissflog

not a 'study', but on macOS even a trivial UI application is loading hundreds of shared libraries at startup between [NSApp run] and the applicationDidFinishLaunching callback

In most game code I've written, debugged or optimized, it's almost always some "accidential exponential" thing (looping over thousands of things where each thing also loops over thousands of things).

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With #Framework shouting from the rooftops that they prefer to have no values at all, maybe it's time to look into alternative computer vendors with values similar to those originally ascribed to Framework.

There's, of course, @mntmn (crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform…) based in Germany which is probably the only one that's in the same league (and probably well beyond) in terms of modularity and hackability. It's a bit of a hacker boutique, though: unusual hardware at rather steep prices - partially _because_ it's so unusual.

A bit more "standard" and with that more affordable, too, there's @slimbook@linuxrocks.online in Spain (slimbook.com/en/upgrade-repair), @starlabssystems in the UK (de.starlabs.systems/collection…), and @novacustom in the Netherlands (novacustom.com/cat/spare-parts…).

While they don't bring that "replace everything" ethos, they're small laptop vendors that ramped up from "resell China white label laptops" to doing more and more design and production on their own.

In terms of modularity, they pass the bar that the big vendors fail: they don't solder and glue everything into a single blob that becomes an all-or-nothing deal when components break. Instead, they even sell individual parts on their store.

They're not quite at the Framework-level of modularity, but I think they all deserve a shoutout for moving the needle in the right direction when it comes to sustainability.

(honorable mention for @system76, who at least mention keeping your device useful for longer at system76.com/laptops, encouraging battery replacements and other maintenance, even if they don't have a spare parts section in their shop)


Parts

Welcome to the world of Linux. Available with coreboot Open Source firmware and a choice of Ubuntu, elementary OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro, MX Linux, or Zorin OS pre-installed. View our range of Linux laptops, including the StarLite, StarBook and more.
Star Labs®
#framework @lucie lukas "minute" hartmann @System76 @NovaCustom @Star Labs Systems
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Of what use is #DigitalSovereignty when you need an Apple or Android device to install the App that implements your Digitally Sovereign solution? Always make sure there is a device-independent (or more flashy: technology-neutral :) way for citizens to use your solution without being forced to share data with Apple or Google.
#digitalsovereignty
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bizarre flight to have roaring overhead just now. who's going from Sault Ste Marie to Zurich on a chartered Dassault Falcon 7X? 🤔 #TheSoo #CYAM

flightaware.com/live/flight/MM…


6I6009 (MMD6009) Air Alsie A/s Flight Tracking and History 06-Oct-2025 (ZRH / LSZH - FlightAware

Track Air Alsie A/s (6I) #6009 flight from Sault Ste. Marie to Zurich (Kloten)
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#thesoo #cyam

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White “progressives” and “liberals” exercising their First Amendment rights by protesting at Kamala Harris’s book tour events isn’t the flex you think it is or having the impact you claim to want.

What it actually demonstrates is that you’re still not ready to have the “revolution” you keep screaming for.

Because yelling at a Black woman who currently holds no executive power doesn’t make you radical…it makes you reckless.

White ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Revolutionary. It’s Weak.

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Do you stream a lot of content but don't want to deal with modern electron apps for everything? Yeah, me either. Meet flux, an accessible media center for both Windows and Mac, coming soon! ims-productions.com/flux

Flux

Flux Do you stream a lot of content on your computer but are tired of dealing with clunky and constantly changing web interfaces? If so, Flux was made for you. Flux brings your audio and media experie
IMS Productions

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Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for MS’s own purposes. MS tried to shift all responsibility to comply with privacy laws onto schools noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-…

noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children

Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.
noyb.eu

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My day in brief:
9-12: Lead religious service, sermon, after-service chat
12-1: Car starts shaking violently around highway speed. Take it to one garage to find out my dealership rotated the tires, but didn’t rebalance them.
1-3: wait
3pm: they send me off with rebalanced fronts
3:05pm: you’ll never guess what the rears are doing
3:30pm: get to second garage
3:30-6: wait
6pm: continue original 2.5hr journey
6:05pm: goddammit
7pm: return home, slowly
8pm: order 4 new tires

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#ChatControl must never come back. 💪

❌ Breaks encryption
❌ Destroys privacy

This would make free discussion online impossible, create a backdoor for abusers and authoritarian regimes, and endanger journalists & activists.

Privacy is not a crime. #StopChatControl

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Chat Control is being discussed by EU Member States. Will this law pass & destroy your privacy?

As we speak, the EU is debating a law called "Chat Control". For now, the vote on Chat Control has been postponed, but should this law pass - what would it mean for your security and privacy? At first glance, it's about combating child abuse on the …
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#chatcontrol #StopChatcontrol

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The App Store Was Always Authoritarian infrequently.org/2025/10/the-a… - "Apple is loaning its monopoly on iOS software to yet another authoritarian regime without a fight, painting a stark contrast: when profits are on the line, Cupertino will gaslight democratic regulators and defy pro-user laws with all the $1600/hr lawyers Harvard can graduate" says Big Al, absolutely correctly and with fancier words and less swearing than I would use to make the same points.

The App Store Was Always Authoritarian

Apple bent the knee for months, leaving many commentators to ask why. But the reasons are not mysterious: Apple wants things that only the government can provide, things that will defend and extend its power to extract rents, rather than innovate.
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mr @joshbressers talked to Joshua about his work on using AI to find flaws on his latest episode: opensourcesecurity.io/2025/202…

Actually finding vulnerabilities using AI with Joshua Rogers

I chat with Joshua Rogers about a blog post he wrote as well as some bugs he submitted to the curl project. Joshua explains how he went searching for some AI tools to help find security bugs, and found out they can work, if you’re a competent human.
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@Josh Bressers

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Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again. - Ronald Reagan, Jan 5, 1967.

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With the EOSA Masterclasses, European Open Source Academy (EOSA) brings the open source know-how and skills right to you!

Last Friday, the first Masterclass was recorded with our Head of Business & Impact Section, @Amandine Amandine Le Pape.

With her work on @matrix and @element, Amandine brings decades of experience in developing and balancing the growth of open ecosystems and building sustainable open source companies.

@The Matrix.org Foundation @Amandine @Element

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National Geographic | Sci-fi koncept warp pohonu z Star Treku se díky fyzikům přibližuje realitě každým dnem nationalgeographic.cz/veda/war… prostřednictvím @wallabagapp

Sci-fi koncept warp pohonu z Star Treku se díky fyzikům přibližuje realitě každým dnem

Před téměř 60 lety zažehl původní seriál Star Trek sen ve veřejné představivosti: že jednoho dne budou lidé cestovat galaxií v lodích poháněných nadsvětelnými „warp pohony".
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daniel:// stenberg://

@nuintari these tools find MANY things no other tools did before: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/10…

A new breed of analyzers

(See how I cleverly did not mention AI in the title!) You know we have seen more than our fair share of slop reports sent to the curl project so it seems only fair that I also write something about the state of AI when we get to enjoy some positive a…
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Today we published the result of a recent, very productive, focus week: 🇧🇬 #Bulgaria 🎉 Many thanks to the dedicated #Wikidata editors with local knowledge making this possible!

The first release includes ministries, state agencies, executive agencies, administrative structures, oblasts, municipalities, kmetstvos, municipal districts and specialized local administrations. Over 3,600 organizations!

govdirectory.org/bulgaria/
#CivicTech
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Govdirectory

Govdirectory is a crowdsourced and fact checked directory of official governmental online accounts and services.
www.govdirectory.org
#wikidata #civictech #Bulgaria

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From Facebook. The 15 Shouldn’ts of Friendship. You shouldn’t have to tiptoe. You shouldn’t have to quiet yourself. You shouldn’t have to hide. You shouldn’t have to dumb down your excitement, your passions or your successes. You shouldn’t have to endlessly work to prove your worth. You shouldn’t have to wonder and guess and make assumptions as to why they’re mad at you. You shouldn’t have to clean up their side of the street. You shouldn’t be made to feel like you’re disposable. You shouldn’t be held accountable for your reactions while they refuse to be accountable for theirs. You shouldn’t be made to feel like the bad guy because you finally walked away after being pushed out. You shouldn’t be the only one trying to fix things, working to communicate well, showing up, doing favors, reaching out or giving grace. You shouldn’t carry the weight of the friendship alone. You shouldn’t feel like you need to be anyone other than your full self. You shouldn’t feel bad about yourself when you’re around them. You shouldn’t give up on yourself, you’re worthy of good and healthy friendships.

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Apologies for those following my #bookstodon offerings, I corrupted this and forgot to reupload it.
A Hardness of Minds: First Contact on Europa by Eric Kay.
seanrandall.me/recommends/B09W…

A Hardness of Minds: Europan First Contact eBook : Kay, Eric: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Ich habe einen #Bot geschrieben, der jeden Sonntag ein zufällig ausgewähltes Muster der Mustersprache des #Commoning teilt: @mustersprache_bot

In der Sphäre der gemeinsamen Nutzung von Dingen und der von Freiwilligkeit geprägten gegenseitigen Hilfe tauchen immer wieder dieselben Herausforderungen auf. Diese Herausforderungen werden von den Commoning-Mustern adressiert. Dabei wurden die enthaltenen Lösungen nicht 'erfunden', sondern 'gefunden': Sie beschreiben die Essenz von gelingenden Lösungen, mit denen diese Herausforderung von den daran Beteiligten angegangen wurden.

Die 33 Muster sind das politische Vermächtnis der 2021 verunglückten Commons-Forscherin Silke #Helfrich. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn sich hier ein paar Menschen finden, die diese Muster gelegentlich teilen, damit die darin enthaltene Erfahrung im #Fediverse Verbreitung findet. Dankeschön! 🙏

#commons #peereconomy #p2p #foss #care #sharing #kommunalismus

#foss #fediverse #Bot #commons #p2p #CARE #commoning #sharing #helfrich #peereconomy #kommunalismus @mustersprache_bot
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Now free for all to read... Imagine a family living in 1980s Bulgaria. They're the Petrovi family: father Plamen, mother Elena, and son Boyan. I say "imagine", for the Petrovis aren't real; they're a fictional family created to illustrate life in 1980s Sofia, the Bulgarian capital - and they live in the so-called Red Flat:

patreon.com/posts/sofia-enteri…

#Bulgaria #Sofia #museum #history

#history #museum #Bulgaria #sofia
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