Fourth of July in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/07/05/fourth-of-july-in-chicago?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Chicago News @chicago-news-ChicagoSunTimes
Fourth of July in Chicago
Residents in neighborhoods across Chicago celebrate summer and Independence Day by setting off fireworks Friday night.Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere (Chicago Sun-Times)
Europeβs first geostationary sounder satellite is launched | EUMETSAT
#science #space #climate #meteorology
Europe has taken a major step forward in strengthening its resilience to extreme weather events with the successful launch of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite. MTG-S1 will deliver new streams of atmospheric data, enabling earlier, more accurate warnings that protect lives, property and infrastructure.
Carter Braxton likes this.
Kevin Bowersox likes this.
Kevin Bowersox reshared this.
Samsung is about to find out if Ultra is enough
It looks like Samsung has some new ideas about foldables this year β but will they be enough to entice buyers?
Samsung is about to find out if Ultra is enough
Samsungβs summer 2025 edition of Unpacked promises some new designs for its foldable lineup. After years of stalled progress, itβs a needed change.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
DXVK 2.7 drops support for older Vulkan drivers and introduces key performance upgrades for newer AMD and Nvidia GPUs.
linuxiac.com/dxvk-2-7-drops-leβ¦
#dxvk #gaming #linux #opensource
Software Defined Retro ROM Makes 8-bit Easy
#retrocomputing #commodore #dropinreplacement #rom #stm32f #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Software Defined Retro ROM Makes 8-bit Easy
Like the rest of us, 8-bit hardware is not getting any newer, and failed ROMs are just a fact of life. Of course you canβt call up Commadore corporation for replacement parts anymore, so someβ¦Hackaday
Have you heard of the Death Smog!?
The 1948 Donora Smog was the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history.
60 people died, 1000's were sickened, and it jumpstarted the fields of environmental, public health and The Clean Air Act. #ClimateChange
youtube.com/watch?v=cODG_b5q4Gβ¦
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. AuΓerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Game: ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights Original Soundtrack (2021)
Song: Main Theme - Piano Edit.
#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic
How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Felsenkeller β Saalschlacht Reloaded?
Bereits vor einiger Zeit hat das LadenschlussbΓΌndnis Leipzig eine lesenswerte erweiterte Fassung eines Redebeitrags auf der von alea organisierten Kundgebung "Re:organisiert die Antifaschistische Aktion" am 25.05.2025 vor dem Felsenkeller auf ihrer Seite verΓΆffentlicht.
#plenty : full or adequate supply
- French: Beaucoup
- German: der Γberfluss/ΓΌberfluss
- Italian: abbastanza
- Portuguese: suficiente
- Spanish: bastante
------------
Fill in missing translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatioβ¦
J.K. Rowling Urges Fans to Photograph Women in Public Toilets (video)
youtube.com/watch?v=4etpzaFUFGβ¦
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. AuΓerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
reshared this
just when you thought you could not dislike her more.
If someone takes a pic of me or anyone else in a bathroom, we gonna fight.
The Eternal Mainframe β A funny thing happened on the way to the future. The mainframe outlasted its replacements.
winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/β¦
Β«
In the computer industry, the Wheel of Reincarnation is a pattern whereby specialized hardware gets spun out from the βmainβ system, becomes more powerful, then gets folded back into the main system.
Β»
The Eternal Mainframe
The urge to replace the mainframe has reinvented the mainframe and its problems.www.winestockwebdesign.com
Max reshared this.
This Travel-Friendly Baseus Retractable USB-C Cable Is Still Just $7 During the Last Hours of Amazon's July 4th Sale
https://www.cnet.com/deals/this-travel-friendly-baseus-retractable-usb-c-cable-is-still-just-7-during-the-last-hours-of-amazons-july-4th-sale/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Daily Deals @daily-deals-cnet
This Travel-Friendly Baseus Retractable USB-C Cable Is Still Just $7 During the Last Hours of Amazon's July 4th Sale
This cable won't get tangled when you throw it in your bag, and it's now at an incredible price as well.Christine Chan (CNET)
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •HankB
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Barry Cook π¨π¦
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Killa Koala
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •ShadowPhax
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •