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This election is going to be nauseatingly close. Like Coach Walz said during last night’s debate, we’re in the fourth quarter and the score is tied — but we have the ball! Can you chip in to make sure our organizers have everything they need to win over the next 34 days? secure.actblue.com/donate/indi…




If there is a #Anthropocene ,when did it start? Three potential dates examined. phys.org/news/2024-09-anthropo…
Hmm, Lead, black carbon, and organic pollutants - none of these seem like great things to make so much of that they show up as markers in the environment


I don't usually post photos on here but sabbatical life is going well so 🥰 an @analog_ashley for posterity


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Hi #Mastodon Mom's SS came in early so by sheer luck we managed to keep the room

That being said we have absolutely $0 left until NOVEMBER

The less help I get, the sicker I get, the worse Mom gets... Etc, etc, etc

Keep in mind that our EBT (that's food stamps) have been cut to a 5th of what they used to be $100 something is meant to last all month

$628 Deficit‼️
$200 Toiletries & Food⚠️
$330 Car Payment Past Due⚠️
$700 Hotel Due 10/08
$50 Phone Due 10/10
$30 Hurricane Supplies



Look at this beautiful pile of Beautiful Solutions books at the Natl Coop Biz Assoc conference in DC! My first time touching the real thing.

Get your own: beautifultrouble.org/beautiful…



Microsoft releases Office 2024, the latest buy-once-own-forever version of Office

Standalone apps won't get Copilot but include updates made since Office 2021.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/1…

in reply to Ars Technica

This explains the cheap permanent licenses for Windows 11 Pro and Office 2021.
in reply to Ars Technica

Not having Copilot is a good thing as it is a massive security risk.
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"Ukrainian civilians have nowhere to hide from russia’s terror.

Whether it’s a newborn or an ordinary woman hiding in the hallway of their own apartment, russia does not hesitate to attack any life, deliberately targeting anyone, anywhere, without remorse.

Let #Ukraine protect the lives of innocent civilians"

#LetUkraineStrikeBack

📸 Photo: Nicole Tung for NY Times

Source: MFA Ukraine



" #OpenAI loses money every single time that somebody uses their product" wheresyoured.at/oai-business/
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"For a girl who was voted class president... who was loved by her volleyball teammates, who was a homecoming princess, to have her school experience ruined & the memories of her teenage years forever tainted by adults with an ax to grind is unforgivable..."

Florida Crusade Against Trans Kids Devastates Family — Assigned
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Another way to write this headline: young women have left young men behind. Similar to a story about women leaving eastern German states a week ago.
The Misogyny of Gen Z Men Has Been Overstated nytimes.com/2024/10/02/opinion…
in reply to Jeff Jarvis

"..One way in which young male voters have been misunderstood involves polling responses to the term “feminist.” The American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life recently published a survey showing that 31 percent of men under 30 identified as feminists, compared with 55 percent of women under 30..."

Wow, that's very promising and I thought I was very lucky not to have grown up in my parents' generation.


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I was seeing those all around the U of T campus and points nearby when I visited the city last week.

I'm wondering if it's clickbait or genuine weirdo stuff




Grotesque Beauty by David Dahlenburg, South Australia

Tailings Dam (Kokatha Country, Outback South Australia)

@photography
#AustralianGeographic
#Australia
#landscape
#Outback

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I recently installed #LinuxMint on my laptop. Can anyone point me to a resource that will show me how to restore the scroll arrows to the scrollbars? I tried modifying the various theme files in /usr/share/themes/... to include 'Scrollbar-has-forward/backward stepper true', or whatever the exact syntax is, but no joy. I couldn't find a setting in the GfK4.0 folder so maybe that is the problem. I'm using the cinnamon desktop BTW.

The other issue that I would love to find a solution for is a way to simulate and mouse button press and hold. I seem to remember that you could use 'mousedown' in a config file. It is a big problem for me as my hands don't work and I can't click and drag. If I remember, Microsoft claim a patent on their 'clicklock' feature and so disabled Linux users have to DIY it.

Many thanks

#HelpNeeded, #FOSS, #Linux, #Mint



Open Source: “It encapsulates a lot in two words — it encapsulates the code being open, and all the community aspects. It encapsulates a set of freedoms that we developers love having.”

techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/elas…

#opendata #opensource #FOSS #app #AppDesign #apps #innovation #software #technology #TrufiAssociation



Public office can learn from public health, says the scientist leading Sacramento's mayoral race: “It's about maximizing the number of years in your life & the quality of life in your years—I see that as the major charge of every public-facing institution.”boltsmag.org/the-epidemiologis…