I'm tempted by a tiny device that can run #linux like this Piccolo N150 zdnet.com/article/i-installed-…

But I wonder if even smaller would be better, like a BlackBerry style device with a thumb keyboard. Bonus points for an eink screen so I can do handheld writing on the go.

Does such a thing exist?

I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop - now I'm rethinking my main driver

The eight-inch Piccolo N150 is tiny, but its surprisingly good display and solid frame prove it's not a toy.

^{Jack Wallen (ZDNET)}

Android 16 is getting a major hearing accessibility feature

Auracast will give people who use hearing aids a little extra clarity.

Android 16 is getting a major hearing accessibility feature

Android is adding support for Auracast, which allows connected hearing aids to directly receive audio broadcasts where it might be otherwise difficult to hear.

^{Allison Johnson (The Verge)}

A cyclist shows support to demonstrators participating in a protest against mass firings of employees in a campaign by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to radically cut back the U.S. government capabilities

The demonstrators walk towards Fort Mason Park in San Francisco, California, on March 1
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Trump’s USDOT is coming for our bike lanes.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued a memo ordering officials to halt all Biden-era discretionary grants related to “green infrastructure,” which includes bike lanes, walkable cities, and electric vehicle charging stations, according to Streetsblog. The plan is to cancel all projects that don’t adhere to President Trump’s anti-DEI/pro-climate change agenda. Urban Institute’s Yonah Freemark, who shared screenshots of the memo on BlueSky, called canceling bike lane infrastructure counterproductive. “On a per-dollar basis, cycling improvements are some of the most efficient ways to increase mobility, and they enable people from all backgrounds and income levels to get around,” he said in an email.

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U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USA

Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!

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Alaskan Volcano Likely to Erupt in the Next Weeks or Months, Experts Warn
https://gizmodo.com/alaskan-volcano-likely-to-erupt-in-the-next-weeks-or-months-experts-warn-2000575740?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Alaskan Volcano Likely to Erupt in the Next Weeks or Months, Experts Warn

Volcanologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have been monitoring volcanic unrest since April of last year.

^{Margherita Bassi (Gizmodo)}

ENDING SOON: 3/14 is the last day to get a FREE Kindle edition copy of "Academic Displacement."

amazon.com/dp/B07XDLZHJ9

Learn more about The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction universe: michaelshotter.com

@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

#specfic #scifi #horor #thriller #books #freestory #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon

Montreal transit agency to stop allowing unhoused people use Metros for shelter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/stm-homelessness-measures-1.7482650?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower to demand activist Mahmoud Khalil’s release
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jewish-protesters-flood-trump-tower-to-demand-activist-mahmoud-khalils-release?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower to demand activist Mahmoud Khalil's release

Police have begun arresting demonstrators from a Jewish group who filled the lobby of Trump Tower to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil.

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If the corporatists succeed in making arms regulation into a Culture War (again), they will win the public debate (again). This is not about urban liberals and Muslims vs. rural gun owners. It's about gun regulation that meets our collective need for safety from gun accidents and gun crime, as well as the needs of law-abiding gun owners. Including farmers, sports shooters, collectors, and so on.

rnz.co.nz/news/national/544743…

#GunRegulation

Game: Battlefield 2 (Windows) (gamerip) (2005)

Song: MEC - Win

#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic

#coast : the exterior line, limit, or border of a country

- French: côte

- German: die Küste

- Italian: costa

- Portuguese: costa

- Spanish: costa

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13 March 1901 | A German, Hermann Bartel, was born in Siegmanten. A decorator.

In #Auschwitz from 6 December 1941.
No. 23760
He perished in the camp on 2 March 1942. One of at least 77 prisoners registered as homosexuals. 43 of them perished.

The European Union is upgrading a ground control center for its GPS satellite constellation as concerns over jamming of the vital signals by russia run high.

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EU to upgrade GPS systems as Russian jamming efforts spark response

GPS signal jamming has become a significant concern in recent years, particularly in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

^{Linus Höller (Defense News)}