Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:
In-work & housing benefits are not (in the last instance) policies that help the poor rather they are a mechanism to funnel state fund into supporting profits for low-wage employers, and landlords (whose rents are higher than they would be without housing & other benefits being paid to the poor).
So when people talk about 'benefits cheats' you might want to point this out...
It is a popular mathematical experiment to try and work out just how fast Santa has to be to reach every house with a child in a single 24 hour period.
The calculations always end up with a significant fraction of the speed of light.
There then usually follow discussions about what the collateral damage from Santa's passing would be. And cargo limits, and so on.
All of these are wrong, and ignore another end-of-year tradition. The portrayal of the ending year as an old man.
Now that I've put these two traditions side-by-side, I think you can see what is really going on.
It is possible for one man to visit every house in a night, with no shock waves or any of that silliness. But it comes at a cost.
For that man, the night lasts many years, as he travels back in time after each visit. Even with time travel, he does not get much time to eat - so the snacks you leave out are essential to him surviving the night.
But he only just survives. By the end of the night he will have aged over forty years. And then he hands the reins of the time-travelling sleigh to a younger man, warning him of the cost.
Someone always answers the call, despite the cost, because there is always someone willing to sacrifice everything to bring joy and light, even just a little, even if only for a moment.
So leave the snacks, and, if you catch a glimpse of him, give him a bow of respect. He deserves it.
#SFF #SF #Christmas #Santa #microfiction #microfic #tootfic #IAmWriting
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Rollstuhlfahrerin aus Darmstadt kämpft um Job: "Kostet sehr viel Kraft"
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'[...]"Sozialmedizinische Beurteilung" [...]sie sei nicht leistungsfähig, eine Teilnahme am Arbeitsmarkt sei ausgeschlossen.
"In dem ganzen Prozess hat nie jemand mit mir gesprochen, die haben allein nach Aktenlage entschieden", erklärt sie. Keine persönlichen Gespräche, keine Begutachtung durch eine Amtsärztin oder einen Amtsarzt.'
#Inklusion ist ein Menschenrecht
Lea Mundry aus Darmstadt verliert ihren Job und will woanders weiterarbeiten. Doch die Agentur für Arbeit erklärt sie kurzum für arbeitsunfähig. Ein schwerer Schlag für die 33-Jährige, aber sie kämpft für ihr Recht auf Arbeit - mit Erfolg.Julian Moering (hessenschau.de)
Today December 4, at 18:00 CET I will talk tiny #curl. With a bird-themed slide set!
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Join curl founder Daniel Stenberg on December 4th at 9 AM PT for a focused introduction to tiny-curl, the lightweight version of curl designed for resource-constrained environments and embedded users.Zoom
Daniel explains what libcurl is, why it is used by "everyone". Tiny curl is a flavor of libcurl aimed at smaller devices. Same API, same powers, smaller foot...YouTube
Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.
Observando las normas sobre seguridad y salud laboral.
Y vosotros, ¿qué tal?
En la parte de la Administración Pública relativa a la educación, hay normas de salud laboral que no se aplican.Por ejemplo, la de la temperatura del lugar de trabajo.
Este año tengo suerte y puedo trabajar a gusto. Pero en el invierno 20-21 iba al trabajo como un esquimal, y en el verano pasado me faltaba un abanico...
Ya, esa es la teoría. Yo obsevo las normas, otra cosa es que lo haga la superioridad.
En el edificio donde estoy yo, hasta hace un par de años, que se hizo una obra de aislamiento de la envolvente, en invierno había que trabajar con abrigo. Te puedes imaginar la cantidad de radiadores a tope.
Abbreviations: 84 Special words/main: 1219 Roots: 64134GitHub
Do you want to learn Docker by doing a simple fun and interactive exercises? This is the tool for beginners or developers who never build native Docker apps. Give it a try.
learn docker in your terminal, with bite sized exercises - furkan/dockerlingsGitHub
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they can make some guesses by studying your usage patterns and known common amperage draw of various things. Like your living habits are pretty clear by studying your electricity or water usage over time. Kinda scary really.
I'd say it has a chance of having a little truth to it anyway.
I have been a long time user and promoter of @Tutanota for my email as part of my effort to #degoogle. However, I'm unfortunately at an impasse where they overcharged my credit card a ridiculous amount and are not responding to me at all. Definitely a deal breaker.
Does someone have alternative privacy centred email providers to recommend? Preferably ones that have support in case there's a billing error. To save me the hassle of doing credit card charge backs.
#tuta
Very pleased to learn that my Nearly Departed train app was discussed warmly on the #RNIB Tech Talk podcast.
I learned about this after getting an email from a new user who is visually impaired and installed the app after listening to the show.
My old grumpy self probably in 20 years:
"Is this organic free range software made without any artificial flavors added?"
If you're wondering what are we planning for the next year of Thunderbird on Android and iOS, here's a video of me talking through our planned roadmaps for 2026.
Made for humans by humans.
youtu.be/TB7XcRLVxFI?si=fesi1f…
As 2025 winds down, its time to start thinking of what we want to achieve for our Android AND iOS apps next year. Alessandro walks us through the 2026 mobile...YouTube
In the penultimate State of the Thunder for 2025, we're walking through our plans and priorities for the Android AND iOS apps in 2026.Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
another upload on #Audiopub
This is a recording of me riding the old creepy elevator in our building. This elevator always gets stuck, but this time, luckily for me, it didn’t. Note that when you hear me inside, I did not tap my cane or make any sound. Every creak, groan, and clank you hear is coming purely from the elevator’s old mechanics. I stayed for a while on the top floor, rang their doorbell, and waited for someone to open the door, but there was no one there. So you will hear the ambience of the building, then you’ll hear me going down.
Microphone used is the Roland CS-10EM connected to my Zoom H1 Essential recorder. I hope you’ll enjoy this.
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#FieldRecording #Sound #Audio #Zoom
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Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
GNOME lanza su campaña de donaciones de final del año. Llevamos casi 30 años con vosotros y ¡queremos hacer más!
¿Quieres ayudarnos a hacer más?
¡Ayudanos a conseguir 1500 donantes antes de final de año!
Mods are asleep, post fediverse meta. Oh, and help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME 😆
🐄 Have YOU ever sat on a cow?
For the 28% of you who missed the reference, this was recently trending on Mastodon: mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115645…
To the 10% of you who joined #FriendsOfGNOME, thank you! 🙌
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.While talking to a colleague it came up that they have never sat on a cow. Like, not even once in their childhood.
Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never sat on a cow.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a cow.
🐃 🐄 🐮
Have you sat on a cow?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.
But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.
Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.
If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.
Privacy rights are a priority.
Following a decision in federal court, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced it had reinstated all of the grants it had previously terminated.Chase Ollis (I Love Libraries)
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More than a year has passed since my last update on Lollypop. I’ve finally updated the code so it now builds with the latest gtk-rs, but I’m still uncertain about the current UI direction.
I’d really appreciate your feedback:
- Should I keep the navigation stack as it is in the current version of Lollypop?
- Is the new sidebar layout working for you?
- What do you currently dislike in Lollypop’s interface or behavior?
- What do you enjoy and think should stay?
The replies in this thread are so heartwarming. I love seeing that @gnome solves real people’s problems in their everyday life.
I love that it’s more than a project for computer enthusiasts. It has a massive positive impact on people’s lives.
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Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
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Tak jsem se také přidal. Zrušil jsem předplatné dvou streamovacích služeb, které stejně skoro vůbec nevyužívám, a místo toho jsem se skamarádil s GNOME.
We’re launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…
This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on the fediverse; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!
Finally, if you’re already a Friend of GNOME or join this month, please join us in posting with #FriendsOfGNOME as well so that we can thank you. 😊
#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GivingTuesday
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This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...mariamaj (GNOME Foundation)
Is it cool that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora Linux? Yes!
But the really cool thing is to use the Linux distro that works best for you. :)
Having Linux get covered on LTT is such a big win for the open source community as more techies realize there is another way!
➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbN…
But it is pretty neat tho what Linus uses 😎
Get a free 15-day trial of Odoo’s all-in-one business solution and see how it can make your life easier! Check it out at https://www.odoo.com/lttIt is finall...YouTube
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