Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

European Commissioner Thierry Breton just joined Mastodon!

His first post, published right after a call with Elon Musk, made it clear that there is still huge work ahead for Twitter to comply with EU law:

1. Reinforce content moderation
2. Tackle disinformation
3. Implement transparent policies based on objective criteria (i.e., not via Twitter polls)
4. Limit targeted advertising
5. Prepare for an independent audit

More info: @EC_Commissioner_Breton

#DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Twitter

We are excited to announce the release of our report, “Securing Digital Rights for Libraries: Towards an Affirmative Policy Agenda for a Better Internet.” http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/01/internet-archive-releases-report-on-securing-digital-rights-for-libraries/

📚 The rights that libraries have always enjoyed offline must also be protected online.

1 December 1901 | A Polish Jew, Rubin Sznajderman, was born in Pilica.

In Auschwitz from 1 December 1941.
No. 23638
He perished in the camp on 12 December 1941.

Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp.
https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-12-Polish-and-Jewish-prisoners-in-the-camp-e1b21sn/a-a70j912

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Memorial #Remember #podcast #education

“People Are Mocking Elon Musk’s Announcement That Neuralink Will Be In Human Brains In 6 Months”

"For when you want your brain to burst into flames." 😂🔥
https://god.dailydot.com/twitter-reacts-announcement-neuralink/

The BBC asking "what can be done to reduce queues at A&Es and waits for ambulances?".

It's simple.

More funding. We need more money for social care to allow people to be discharged who are otherwise medically fine. We need more money for beds, Des & nurses in the hospital's. We need more money for more ambulances and paramedics.

12 years of underfunding by the Tories. This needs to stop.

I'm in the Fediverse since 2019, but never did an #introduction so far:

I'm a #Linux #sysadmin, digital #forensics expert and #Debian developer. Programming in #Perl and #shell most time.

I insist on a #mechanicalkeyboard.

I like #Citroën #oldtimers (#2CV, #HY, #CX) and the #CityEl. I travel with #motorhome and #Brompton.

I'm going with #BikeToWork and like exotic #bicycle types: #foldingbike, #recumbent and #trike.

I am and always was a #nonsmoker. Have #asthma, though. I am #vaccinated.

CustomTkinter is a Python UI-library based on Tkinter, which provides new, modern and fully customizable widgets

Shows a Pythin application window that uses modern looking CustomTKinter widgets They are created and used like normal Tkinter widgets and can also be used in combination with normal Tkinter elements. The widgets and the window colors either adapt to the system appearance or the manually […]

https://gadgeteer.co.za/customtkinter-is-a-python-ui-library-based-on-tkinter-which-provides-new-modern-and-fully-customizable-widgets/ https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10-ab781c96-4e7e46622863dac4

@zleap @skrishna Indeed. I had little to no insight on all of these happenings. I continue to learn. And this video was great and highly digestible.

I hope that the extraordinary work of Swapna (amongst others) is an inspiration.

I know that I am inspired.

@abhas will be talking about What is Free/Libre Software? ...why it should matter to you and how to choose a free life on 07-December-2022 at 02:00 PM Indian Time. It is a public session and you are invited to attend.

Be sure to mark your calendars.

Meeting link: meet.gnome.org/sof-lml-3y5-8sw

I've collected some #Mastodon 🦣 #instances to help with the #TwitterMigration focused in #inclusion, #accesibility and #minorities. They look like safe spaces for most of us. I'd appreciate the boost and new recommendations to add to the list:

🔗🇬🇧 https://ableism.rip/about - space to fight ableism
🔗🇬🇧 https://disabled.social/about - for disabled people
🔗🇬🇧 https://neurodifferent.me/about - neurodiversity and neurominorities
🔗🇬🇧 https://iaccessibility.social/about - interest in assistive technology
🔗🇬🇧 https://blacktwitter.io/about - history and voices for black people
🔗🇬🇧 https://lgbt.io/about - for LGBT+ and allies
🔗🇬🇧 http://queer.party/about - queer-oriented instance
🔗🇬🇧 https://tech.lgbt/about - for tech workers, academics, students, and others interested in tech who are LGBTQIA+ or Allies

Please boost to reach more people!

@skrishna I love these comparisons and detailed explanations. Thank you!

Comet C/2020 F3 "NEOWISE" reflected in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California (7/10/2020).

This is a single frame. There was moon light illuminating Fannette Island and the bay. I did a little dodging and burning and color grading in #darktable running on a Linux box.

Sony a7rIII, 55mm prime, f/1.8, 5sec, ISO640.

#astronomy #comet #astrophotography #astrophoto #photography #laketahoe #lake #emeraldbay #sierra #linuxphotography

You can really see areas of active star formation in this latest #JWST image (as opposed to the #Hubble image — I do a side by side comparison!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4PZ7fFJ-J8

#space #science #nasa #esa #womeninstem #astronomy

Here's an interesting question: Can you attend this weekend's #EmacsConf with GNU #Emacs itself? Be sure to attend these great presentations December 3 and 4: https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks/ And if you connect via Emacs, let us know!

Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/world/black-hole-devours-star-scn/index.html

"An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a supermassive black hole, meeting its untimely end there as it was ripped to shreds."

#science

If you're reading this, and you're struggling in any way...

If you're depressed, anxious, angry, bitter, heartbroken, confused...

Just close your eyes for a while and focus on anything that makes you smile. Listen to your favorite song. Think about someone who makes you laugh. Shut everything else out.

It gets better. Just believe that.

:( #FleetwoodMac #ChristineMcVie

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/30/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-dies-at-age-79?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Random chat on the library van with my neighbour who loves sprouts. She has lots of model sprouts but not a felt one. So I made her one. #Art #FibreArt #Silly #Fun

Before he was an astronaut, Neil Armstrong was a @nasa test pilot, testing research planes including the X-15. Milt Thompson called him "the most technically capable of the early X-15 pilots." On the last of his 7 X-15 flights in July 1962 he reached Mach 5.74.

📷 #OTD in 1959
#NASAhistory

An invoice catch-up day for recent book #indexing jobs on:
– early American literature in British print
– the British adult film industry
– orchestral conductors and
– information management from prehistory to present.
All great books to read and different challenges to #index. And that’s why I still love being an indexer. ❣️
#indexodon #FilmStudies #LitStudies #music