I hate to be all "I know your job better than you do" when it comes to municipal politics, but....come onnnnn 😂

Hwy 17E doesn't even meet design standards for 100 km/h let alone 110
#thesoo
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Hmm. Just been shopping and when I got home my eagle eyes thought there seemed to be a discrepancy between the old and the new orange juice cartons. Careful scrutiny of the packaging reveals that, yes, yes there is. #Tropicana now selling you 50ml less in a carton than just a week or so ago #Shrinkflation

There are parts in the #Cricut Maker 3 that cannot be accessed without breaking plastic (red box) - like these screws (blue arrow) on the lid.

The iFixit article is not correct because it’s glued - it cannot just gently be pried off.

I am never purchasing a Cricut again. This is extremely anti-repair. #RightToRepair #enshittification

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20 Jahre OpenStreetMap: Auf Augenhöhe mit Google Maps und Apple Maps

Als OpenStreetMap gegründet wurde, kannte es nur eine Handvoll Aktivisten. Mittlerweile ist der Globus fast abgedeckt und OSM nicht nur in Krisen nützlich.

heise.de/hintergrund/20-Jahre-…

#Internet #Kartendienste #OpenSource #Openstreetmap #news

Fuksovo čekání je u konce, dominantní kanoista si z Paříže odveze vysněné zlato
Zdroj: sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/… #loh2024

‘In Tune with Success’ – replay or read the summary now soundwithoutsight.org/in-tune-…

Literally the *only* story I'm going to share about the goddamn Olympics:

U.S. Rugby player Ariana Ramsey found out athletes get free healthcare in the Olympic Village and immediately booked a bunch of appointments for routine services many Americans living under our dystopian private healthcare regime simply can't afford:

si.com/olympics/american-athle…

"Like, what?” she said in a post on TikTok describing her new discovery: The Olympic Village offers free healthcare.

The United States, of course, does not. So in the days following her victory, Ramsey made appointments with the Village gynecologist, dentist and ophthalmologist. According to the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the Village also offers cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and, of course, sports medicine—all at no cost to the athletes. (Paralympic athletes will also have access to dermatology.)"

The best part of the story is that Ramsey not only convinced a bunch of other U.S. Athletes to take advantage of the program, but after realizing how beneficial having access to free healthcare is, she's decided to become an advocate for Universal Healthcare in America.

On a personal level and as someone who has spent time in multiple countries that offer free healthcare to their citizens, I honestly cannot stress how much it improves not only health outcomes, but also quality of life for labor class people; from increasing your lifespan, to freeing workers from dependence on bad employers just to keep their health insurance, this is one social policy that has ripples throughout almost every aspect of the lives of everyday people. And it says a LOT about the priorities of the American ruling class that they'd do almost anything to keep you from having access to universal healthcare.

#UniversalHealthcare #USPol #Capitalism #Olympics

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in reply to Hubert Figuière

@hub
1) No. Olympics care is not supported by tax payers (it could anyway)
2) Free medical care is the rule in France. A public insurance pays part of it, optional insurance pays the other part, 3) The optional insurance is free for poor people. People in special situations get charity services (by state), for example undeclared migrants.
4) Still not perfect.

A $30 million lesson in what can happen if you don’t involve users in software updates, when you rush to market, and when the platform on which you rely doesn’t allow users to self-service by rolling back to a working version.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

Good job, Sonos! How much more will it cost to buy back trust?

#UX

#UX

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Musím se Bartoše zastat

... Měl jsem svého času na počítači zdrojáky stránek Dopravního podniku hlavního města Prahy. Pracoval jsem na IČO na chatě v zahrádkářské kolonii - ano, takhle se vyvíjel software pro stát. ...

blisty.cz/art/120551-musim-se-…

BDTI Skills Studio offers free courses for public administrations and engaged citizens to develop their #DataSkills.

In Introduction to #Statistics you will learn how to collect, analyse and interpret data.

Base decisions on evidence and register now 👉 europa.eu/!QFnD6r

What happens when you can’t find your cows herd in a thousand acres ranch? 🐄

Meet Zachary, our first “Can You Top This?” contest winner! 🎉

youtu.be/UT1-zrgl8zI

#CanYouTopThis

If you are using Mastodon on a computer, you can optionally use it entirely through your keyboard using "hotkeys". There is a complete list of these keyboard shortcuts here:

➡️ fedi.tips/using-mastodon-throu…

You can see this list at any time by pressing Shift + ? (or just ? on some keyboard layouts).

Some of the shortcuts only work with the advanced multicolumn mode (more info about it: fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mast…) but most shortcuts work with single column mode too.

#FediTips #Mastodon #Keyboards

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This Ars Technica article discusses just how much the rushed release of the new Sonos app will hurt their revenue, but I'm particularly impressed that their first example of its failures was "accessibility features", and that text links straight to @JonathanMosen’s blog post. I'm trying, but I just can't make myself feel too bad for them. And they still have to show they can actually get back on track.

Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates | Ars Technica arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

If apples are the betas of the fruit world, does that make #durian the alpha or the omega?

(Question by @geraineon, more context here: federatedfandom.net/@villainou…)

#omegaverse

  • Alpha! (47%, 9 votes)
  • Omega! (31%, 6 votes)
  • A secret third thing I will explain below! (21%, 4 votes)
19 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago

Laut Abfallwirtschaft kommt es täglich bundesweit zu 30 Bränden aufgrund von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien, die im Hausmüll entsorgt werden. In jedem 2. Fall rückt die Feuerwehr an. Zahlen steigen wegen der Verbreitung von Einweg-E-Zigaretten. ⁦‪@regierungbw‬⁩ und #NRW fordern vom Bund, Einweg-E-Zigaretten zu verbieten sowie eine Pfandpflicht für lithiumhaltige Batterien und Akkus zu prüfen
swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuertt…

Trying one more time. Please help if possible. 6 months without income is no joke, and right now I'm not sure when it'll end. :( #Unemployed #Blind #Bills #expenses #MentalHealth #MutualAid gofund.me/f8b1aa8c

For those who are musicians, what’s your impression here?

REPORT | Tap-Tap: A New Device For Blind & Low Vision Musicians Is Game Changing

ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/08…

Newswire: Tek Talk of 8/12/24 at 8pm Eastern welcomes Everette Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives and Jenine Stanley, Director of Customer Success and Engagement, of Aira to discuss its new features announced at the national conventio groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…