A nightmare for farmers, the caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly doing what it does best - eating! In this case it's pointed cabbage on a farm and the caterpillars appeared in huge numbers.
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Vancouver Park Board staff seeks approval to advance Stanley Park tree removal
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Inside: How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook; and more!
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City says redevelopment of former Midfield Mobile Home Park site 'progressing steadily'
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Sony’s 30th Anniversary DualSense Controller is back in stock online at 10AM ET
PlayStation Plus subscribers can order today, and preorders for everyone else start on July 23 at 10AM ET.
Sony’s 30th Anniversary DualSense Controller is back in stock online at 10AM ET
PlayStation Plus subscribers can order the 30th Anniversary PlayStation DualSense Controller today. It will be available to everyone on July 23 at 10AM ET.Brandt Ranj (The Verge)
After the Holocaust, after Rwanda, after Bosnia, the world should be ashamed for standing by and just letting the genocide in Gaza happen - especially those countries whose self-image is one of pompous self-righteousness (I'm looking at you, Britain and America).
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#gaza
Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza
People in Deir al-Balah are told to leave, as the IDF prepares to launch its first ground offensive in the city during its war against Hamas.Yolande Knell (BBC News)
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, were projected to lose their majority in the Upper House, mediaBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Have you seen this Spot LIT from Washington City Paper? Zach Powers is the new head of the Writers Center in Bethesda, where I teach classes for adults. Super excited to have Zach taking over.
Also in this article: A review of Debra Lee Won't Break! You'll have to see for yourself what the critic has to say!
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Spot LIT: Zach Powers Takes Over at the Writer’s Center
The local author's goal is to make writers sit up, take notice, and say, “Now, I haven’t seen that before!” Plus July releases and events.Hannah Grieco (Washington City Paper)
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EROFS Implementing Metadata Compression For Even Smaller Image Sizes
The EROFS read-only file-system ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window has been working on metadata compression support to allow for even smaller container image sizes but at the cost of higher I/O latency...
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Droitisation de l’Église catholique: la messe est-elle dite?
Face aux miroirs déformants des médias Bolloré donnant à voir une institution dominée par les courants les plus conservateurs, Mediapart donne la parole aux chercheurs et aux militants d’une vision progressiste du #catholicisme.
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Droitisation de l’Église catholique : la messe est-elle dite ?
Face aux miroirs déformants des médias Bolloré donnant à voir une institution dominée par les courants les plus conservateurs, Mediapart donne la parole aux chercheurs et aux militants d’une vision progressiste du catholicisme.Nicolas Cheviron (Mediapart)
Russia's drone swarms pierce Ukraine's defences at record rate (Financial Times)
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Russia's drone swarms pierce Ukraine's defences at record rate
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Death toll from South Korea rains rises to 16
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating theBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Older distros:
$ make love
Don't know how to make love
stop
$ man where is your wife?
man: wife not found
Newer Debian based ones:
$ sudo apt-get install sl
$ sl
$ sudo apt-get install fortune
$ /use/games/fortune
Approximately every system where I have root access has /usr/games/fortune installed, usually aliased to "ok" at the command line.
Tommaso cerno torna a lamentarsi di chi contrasta il razzismo
Viviamo in tempi strani, in cui i cittadini devono occuparsi di sbugiardare la stampa di destra e il loro creare notizie artificiali che possano tornare utili ai loro padroni.Gayburg
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