A hidden catch of the new fancy EuroCity direct service between Brussels and Amsterdam: Since the train does not stop in Breda anymore, subscription holders with 100% discount on Dutch railways still have to pay for the journey from Rotterdam to the border.
Therefore the basic ticket price for such subscription holders went up almost twofold - from € 10,50 to € 20.

And of course, due to limitations of the NS international journey planner, you cannot force it to use the slower EuroCity service.

#latinoamerica #SoftwareLibre #latam #latampol #FOSS #flisol #askFedi

Estoy investigando el impacto del Software Libre en la economía y soberanía tecnológica en la América hispanohablante*. ¿Hay estadísticas, eventos, leyes, opiniones o proyectos que debería saber?

Ya he investigado FLISoL y las leyes que hicieron obligatorio el SL del sector público.

*(menos los EEUU, y no me permiten incluir países que no hablan español como Brasil - lo siento)

@federicomena @rikylinux_ar @canaimagnulinux

One of the things I love about Montreal’s alleys is people make an effort with even the barest of them.

#Montreal

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is calling for the end of Canada’s public postal service because its workers have gone on strike.

The company’s leaders are increasingly pushing extreme right-wing positions in Canada. Gutting Canada Post would effectively end delivery in many rural and remote communities because it’s not profitable for private companies to serve them.

#tech #shopify #postoffice #canada #cdnpoli

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The White Stripes: Fell In Love With A Girl

Včera parafráze na Gondryho, tak teď Gondry sám a jeden z jeho nejslavnějších kousků. A samozřejmě je to nabušenej love song, minuta padesát, jízda. Vtipný je, že Jack White chtěl po Legu, jestli by nebylo možné ke každému CD přidat LEGO figurky jeho a Meg a oni ho odmítli, že "We don't market our product to people over the age of twelve." Tak to by dnes asi dopadlo jinak 😜

youtube.com/watch?v=fTH71AAxXm…

Režie: Michel Gondry

#365adamovyklipy

I think best ActivityPub : BlueSky analogy is X11 : SurfaceFlinger. The latter two have in common:

* Funded, capable product and engineering effort
* Open source bug no RMS vibes
* Many more users

The former two have:

* Some users who choose it on principle
* Fragmentation in the layers above
* Whining from the hangers-on

But fundamentally they solve overlapping but not identical problems. That's a fine thing.

Enjoy writing those modelines!

The UI for the cURL GUI tool is slick.

cc @bagder
@icing

Don't tell the CAQ!

#Bilingualism good for your brain. cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bi…

#CAQASTROPHE #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan

Just a reminder...

#FuckCars

Childhood mortality -- death before age 15 or so -- used to run at about 50%.

Every second child born, died before becoming an adult, all over the world, for as far back as we've been able to track.

We didn't turn the corner until about 1900, when science got us the germ theory. That sparked sanitation and vaccination.

A cabinet nominee (RFK Jr) who questions vaccines is frightening. A nominee who brags about not washing his hands (Hegseth) is terrifying.

"Four typhoons have been detected in the Pacific Ocean at the same time, making it the first time such a phenomenon has occurred in the month of November since observations began in 1951.

In total, at least 160 people have already been killed while 9 million have been displaced from multiple storms. "

Typhoon Yinxing, Typhoon Toraji, Tropical Storm Usagi, and Tropical Storm Man-Yi.

mothership.sg/2024/11/4-typhoo…

4 typhoons churning in western Pacific at the same time, 3 have already hit the Philippines

The Philippines has been bearing the brunt of multiple storms.

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