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Maine's Largest City Becomes First on US East Coast to Back Israel Divestment
"We urge everyone to join this effort in their own communities," said Maine Coalition for Palestine. "Our tax money should not be spent killing women and children in Palestine."
commondreams.org/news/portland…

in reply to Democracy Matters

@DemocracyMattersALot I think this is AI-generated. But I'd still love to be in the environment it's trying to depict. Summer is nice, but Autumn is my favorite!



Osom Products, the phone company founded by ex-Essential employees, is shutting down

The company, which is facing a lawsuit alleging that the CEO misused company funds, confirmed it’s shutting down.

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Illustration work for a sci-fi short story by Adrian Tchaikovsky for Asterisk magazine

asteriskmag.com/issues/07/sins…

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If She Truly Holds the Rule of Law ‘Sacred,’ Harris Must Back an Arms Embargo on Israel
No other policy step would have as much of an impact in generating a permanent cease-fire and advancing Palestinian freedom.
commondreams.org/opinion/harri…

in reply to Andrew Pam

The IGBT made electric cars viable, manufacturing controls much more compact and reliable. The motor control drive cabinets are no longer massive cabinets, but small handheld power supplies for large motors. I used to maintain the older SCR controls and they were massive and expensive to keep running.


You can ride this super-sized Lego Technic motorcycle.

Matt Denton, a talented engineer and designer who helped bring Star Wars’ BB-8 to life, turned a 33-year-old Lego Technics motorcycle set into a rideable electric bike.

The giant Technic pieces, created on a 3D printer, assemble just like real Lego, although a hammer is occasionally needed at this scale. The bike is strong enough to support an adult, but is occasionally a challenge to steer.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzafoKXynU




Okay, #python people, how does one get #rye to work well with #ReadTheDocs?

I'm having a bear of a time because rye complains any time I try to do `rye init` because pyproject.toml exists, but then it complains when I try `rye sync` that it could not write the production lock file....

I just want a `.venv/` folder so that I can run `pip -m install -r docs/requirements.txt` and the python with my #Mac is 3.9, but the project requires 3.10 at least :blobfoxrage:

in reply to Zhian N. Kamvar

So the solution apparently was to burn it all down and use #pyenv (which apparently Mastodon wants to autocorrect to "peen"?!)

```r
rye self uninstall --yes
brew install pyenv
brew install xz
pyenv install 3.11
pyenv global 3.11
# BASH config for pyenv stuff
```

#python #Mac




"bat populations are on the decline, wiped out by a devastating fungus that attacks the insect eaters in their sleep.

...farmers have increased their use of #pesticides on crops in response to the population collapse of #bats, potentially leading to the deaths of more than 1,000 human infants...

Past #research has linked exposure to pesticides with negative #health outcomes, incl childhood asthma & death."
washingtonpost.com/climate-env…

#Nature #Wildlife #Animals #Food #Climate #News #USA






Vance would feel right at home in the 1890s, but few of us would want to go back
-- JD Vance's Solution to Childcare Crisis? 'Maybe Grandpa or Grandma Wants to Help'
"You're on your own. You ain't getting shit from us. Call grandma," one Democratic congressman translated.
commondreams.org/news/jd-vance…



Amnesty War Crimes Probe Exposes Israel's 'Wanton Destruction' in Gaza
"The creation of any 'buffer zone' must not amount to the collective punishment of the Palestinian civilians who lived in these neighborhoods," warned one Amnesty campaigner.
commondreams.org/news/amnesty-…


Israeli Rights Group Leader Tells UN It's Clear Netanyahu 'Does Not Want' a Hostage Deal
Israel's far-right government is "cynically exploiting our collective trauma" to "violently advance its project of cementing Israel's control" over Palestinian land, said B'Tselem CEO Yuli Novak.
commondreams.org/news/btselem-…


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