An English dad’s hilariously bad portraits have gone viral and now he’s receiving commissions for his works worldwide.

Jamie Lee Matthias’s whacky side hustle started by accident after he painted a terrible portrait of his wife Kate as a wedding gift
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Auregoodnews

goodnewsnetwork.org/dads-hilar…

Sur Facebook, je vois bien des personnes qui se questionnent sur le fediverse (Mastodon en particulier), je fais au mieux pour aider.
Et, surprise (non), Facebook n'est pas content.

[edit : j'ajoute la justification de facebook]

another ice day
can't wait for
spring thaw

#dailyhaikuprompt - thaw
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poem
#writing
#writingcommunity

@dailyhaikuprompt

@poetry

@haiku

Extinct Biblical Tree Resurrected From Ancient Seed Found In Cave

"A 1,000 year old seed discovered in a cave in the Judean desert has sprouted, grown and reached maturity, and appears to have medicinal qualities."

by @GrrlScientist via medium

#tree🌳 #Extinct #SciComm🧪 medium.com/gardening-birding-a…

So today my first MR to Inkscape repos was merged! And it got number 666 😈

gitlab.com/inkscape/extensions…

Allow negative bleed margin in Printing Marks (!666) · Merge requests · Inkscape / extensions · GitLab

What does the merge request do? Enables the user to set negative bleed margins in the Printing Marks plugin

^GitLab

A UK 'MOONSHOT'

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the founding of the UK’s national preservation society, called the National Trust, and to mark the occasion they’re setting a goal which they make no bones about calling a “moonshot.”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #UK #Auregoodnews

goodnewsnetwork.org/uks-nation…

What I love about photography is finding unique, different places that change with the light. I discovered this isolated tree during a trip to Scotland, not far from the Glencoe Valley on my way to the Isle of Skye.

How I took this picture ? Canon R3 + 70/200 mm f2,8 at 135 mm 1/400e f2,8 Iso 100
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Ce que j'adore avec la photographie, c'est de trouver des endroits uniques, différents et qui changent au grès des lumières. J'ai découvert cette arbre isolé lors d'un voyage en Ecosse, non loin de la vallée de Glencoe en me rendant sur l'île de skye.

Comment ai-je fait cette photo ? Canon R3 + 70/200 mm f2,8 at 135 mm 1/400e f2,8 Iso 100

#lanscape #photography #nature #opensource #paysage #ecosse #scotland #wild #isleofskye #visitisleofskye #art #scotland #trees #tree #autumn #traveler #travels #greatbritain #fall #leaves #peaceful #peace #film #canon #canonphotography #fullaperture #aperture #mood #light #digital #35mm #science

⏰ Aprenda a Agendar Tarefas no Linux 🐧

Automatizar tarefas no Linux é uma habilidade essencial para aumentar a produtividade e simplificar o dia a dia. Descubra como usar ferramentas como o cron para programar comandos e processos de forma eficiente!

👉 Leia o guia completo: nova.escolalinux.com.br/blog/a…

#Linux #Automação #Produtividade #Tecnologia #OpenSource

Aprenda a agendar tarefas no Linux

Descubra como agendar tarefas no Linux utilizando comandos

^{Paulo Oliveira}

Hi #music #midi and #MusicProduction folks. I have been gifted a USB midi keyboard. It's quite old but has full size keys. Question is - is there a #FOSS or otherwise free software I can install to get it to make a noise?

Me and my girls would like to learn to play but not sure where to start. 😊

*installs windows 11 on your linux powered thinkpad, making it nice and round* :3

#Linux

KDE Developers Fixing "Record Amounts Of Bugs" Following Plasma 6.3 Beta

Following the recent KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta, there's been a lot of bug fixing happening ahead of the stable release due out next month for this open-source desktop...
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6…

A little self-indulgent piece :D

It's on A4 paper, with Van Dieman's Night: Shooting Star ink.

For Sale! £30GBP, postage is £3 UK and Europe, £5 everywhere else. DM me to snag it!

#FediGiftShop #CreativeToots #Calligraphy #OriginalArt #ArtForSale #MiffyTheBamffireSlayer

FRENCH RAIL HELP

France has begun transporting rails and rail equipment to Ukraine - France is helping Ukraine abandon Soviet railroad standards and is actively participating in the expansion of the network, and bringing it up to European standards
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #France

“Amazon's AI crawler is making my git server unstable - Xe Iaso”

xeiaso.net/notes/2025/amazon-c…

Training data crawlers are abusing the open web.

In 2020 I started to build Dioramas. I started 4 of them and to this day haven't finished a single one.
BUT, about a week ago I decided to give up on this hobby and somehow that helped with hitting the finish line with the newest diorama, a book nook. The plan is to add cotton wool to cover the LEDs, to create a cloudy landscape and put a glass panel in front.
(The house has light too).

#artistsonmastodon #artist #craft #diorama #miniature #booknook #tatimitstift

An entire article on why people aren't going to restaurants without a single mention of the world "covid".

We can well afford to go to restaurants but we're not aware of any that it would be safe to go to.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglw0…

The worrying reality behind the empty restaurant TikTok trend

There are fears that tax and wage rises mean restaurants and bars will be quieter than usual all year.

^{Faarea Masud & Lucy Acheson (BBC News)}