Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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Maybe, just maybe, we should start honouring the Scots who actively tried to make Scotland a better place, rather than a bunch of rich-entitled aristocrat fossils like Buchanan!
Whether it's politics with the likes of Margo MacDonald, Donald Dewer or Thomas Muir; altruism with Sean Connery or Vivienne Westwood; or heroism like Jackie Crookstone, Mary Blake or John Smeaton.
There's plenty of statues and street names needing replaced, and there's many a better qualified Scot to choose from 🏴
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Take a look back at 100 images highlighting the work of the NASA Headquarters photo team in 2022! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAmryH - Wishing everyone the best in 2023!
#NASAhqphoto
We don't need alcohol to enjoy ourselves, I think ther Qatar world cup proved that, even people attending commented on the different atmosphere created.
Perhaps the drinks industry, like big tech and gambling needs to be consigned to the dustbin of history, This doesn't mean no drinks or gambling, we just change our relationship with these.
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We are at a time of year when booze-induced dread peaks. So I quit alcohol for good | Mia Ristovska - Facing fear and uncertainty without reaching for liquid courage unlocked a new level of confidence in my lifeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWe are at the time where the booze-induced sense of... #theguardian
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‘Hope, joy, euphoria’: Brazilians take to streets to celebrate new era under Lula - New president to be sworn in on Sunday, hoping to unite country bitterly divided by Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘four years of terror’Tens of thousands of Brazilians have flooded the streets of the country’s capital, Brasília, to celebrate the start of a new political era with the swearing in of the president, Luiz Inácio Lula... #theguardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/01/brazil-lula-presidency-new-era
@TheGuardian_uk
SOcial media companies won't bother doing anything about this, we need to change attitudes towards how we look.
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Social media triggers children to dislike their own bodies, says study - A major new study shows social media is a ‘significant risk’ to young people’s view of themselves and can provoke mental health distressThree out of four children as young as 12 dislike their bodies and are embarrassed by the way they look, increasing to eight in 10 young people aged 18... #theguardian
We say this every year. I think there is a chance that 2023 could be the #YearOfTheFediverse at the very least.
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Tottenham v Aston Villa: Premier League – live - Live updates from the 2pm GMT kick-off Get in touch! Email Will or tweet @Will_UnwinEmi Martinez is left on the bench for Villa but Cristian Romero starts for Spurs. Go figure. Tottenham (3-4-3): Lloris; Romero, Lenglet, Davies; Doherty, Hojbjerg, Bissouma, Perisic; Gil, Kane, Son #theguardian
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/jan/01/tottenham-v-aston-villa-premier-league-live
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As promised, we wrote an article about the #fediverse and decentralization of the Internet. tl;dr -> The prospect of returning the Internet to its decentralized roots are brighter than they have been in a long time. With lots of links to dig deeper. 🧵
https://systemsapproach.substack.com/p/decentralization-strikes-back
@rbreich Strikes work, but so would getting off corporate social media and moving to the Fediverse as it would deny bit tech an income.
As long as we are also prepared to stand up and defend against any attempt by big tech or corporates to impose their will on the Fediverse tool.
@RosyCAdams I don't speak Welsh, but happy to boost content.
What do you think about the Welsh language being taught via Tik Tok ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64027345?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
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#BlwyddynNewyddDda pawb. Dw i'n dysgu #Cymraeg (diolch am Lenyddiaeth Cymru) a dw i'n gorfod ymarfer bob dydd!
Apologies for any mistakes. I'm actually learning for the second time. I have a Welsh GCSE but I grew up around Brecon and no-one I knew actually spoke it. I want to be able to write creatively yn Gymraeg as well as in English, even if it takes me a long time to get there. This is my new year's resolution: I'll post something yn Gymraeg every day in 2023. Wish me luck!
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If this year taught us anything, it's that:
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.
I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.
In a recent discussion on webcams ./ usb microscope resolution. Webcamoid was suggested, with a warning the output was disturbing.
I can see why
Can anyone explain what it is even doing here.
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Rather brilliant from The Register on the constant nagging that makes up so much of the modern computing experience. Marred only slightly by their non-compliant cookie notice ;-)
https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/31/computings_big_question_for_2023/
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I DON'T WANT SELF DRIVING CARS!!!!
✔️ I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don't need to check a schedule.
✔️ I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports.
✔️ I want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default
✔️ I want the country to own it.
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expect wobbly uptime on libreboot.org today, or at least the next few hours from now, 12:08 UK time, 1 January 2023:
I'm messing with routing tables, on the L2TP tunnel router that hosts libreboot.org
I'm experimenting with redundant internet for libreboot.org. I'm making it so that it reliably re-routes all traffic via another internet, when the main one goes down.
iproute2 is a bit fiddly
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Fiction to look out for in 2023 - With new work from Richard Ford, Lorrie Moore and Zadie Smith, plus second novels by Caleb Azumah Nelson and Guy Gunaratne, this is shaping up to be a memorable 12 monthsNonfiction to look out for in 2023During the lockdown years, I kept reading articles by novelists saying how unproductive they were feeling, how virus narratives had colonised their subconscious... #theguardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/01/fiction-to-look-out-for-in-2023
@enby_of_the_apocalypse @uncle6 @Jaden2@mstdn.social
Of course, one reason was that those that worked at Bletchley park were under the official secrets act and were unable to talk about what they had done.
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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