The 10 most beautiful libraries in the world
Some libraries aren’t just places to borrow books — they’re destinations with deep history and architecture that tell stories beyond the pages.
By Kaela Ling
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The 10 most beautiful libraries in the world
The Library of Trinity College Dublin is named the most beautiful library in the world by 200,000 voters in the 1000 Libraries Awards 2025.Kaela Ling (CNBC)
Bacteriophages as potential therapeutic agents in the control of bacterial infections
“The rapid emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria represent a major global health issue, highlighting the urgent need to develop newBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Today's #WristCheck is the G-SHOCK DWE-5657RE.
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Watches | Kev Quirk
This page is an evolving list of the watches I currently have in my collection.Watches
LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, Tokyo – Call for proposals is open - The Document Foundation Blog
Photo from the LibreOffice Asia Conference 2024 This is a translation of the Japanese post: The LibreOffice Asia Conference Committee is pleased to invite proposals for talks at the LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan…Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were injected in what the university hopes will be the start of a mass injection of the declining rhino population, which they are calling the Rhisotope Project.
Last year, about 20 rhinos at a sanctuary were injected with isotopes in trials that paved the way for Thursday’s launch. The radioactive isotopes even at low levels can be recognised by radiation detectors at airports and borders, leading to the arrest of poachers and traffickers.
Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
Isotopes can be detected at airports and borders even in large containers and are harmless to the animalsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Sierra Hull: Tiny Desk Concert
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-73532/sierra-hull-tiny-desk-concert?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tous les mois je redistribue 1% de mon chiffre d'affaire à un logiciel libre de mon choix dans le cadre de #CopiePublique (copiepublique.fr/ , @copiepublique), une initiative visant à encourager les entreprises à financer les logiciels libres.
Ce mois-ci, j'ai choisi de redistribuer cette somme au projet @gajim (gajim.org/), un client de messagerie instantanée XMPP.
Copie Publique
La Copie Publique est versée par les entreprises et bénéficie au Librecopiepublique.fr
Pourquoi que les entreprises ?
Çà devrait aussi s'appliquer aussi aux administrations… On utilise massivement du LL (directement = service pour users finaux et indirectement = outils techniques/debug)
Il y a 2 jours, #curl m'a ENCORE permis de résoudre un problème de monitoring d'une appli en prod suite a sa mise à jour, des devs tiers qui se torchent avec HTTP (mauvais code de retour) et la personne qui remonte le problème en suggérant une solution au pifomètre, sans rapport…
Parce que les règles choisies ne sont pas forcément adaptées à d'autres type de structure. Par ex, y'a pas toujours la notion de bénéfices ou chiffre d'affaire dans les assos ou les services publiques.
On est juste une initiative parmis d'autres hein.
J'aurai du poser la question autrement.
C'est logique de baser ça sur le CA pour une entreprises à but lucratif.
Mais les administrations devraient aussi contribuer au financement des LL. Selon des règles à définir.
Je préfère que mes impôts financent du LL (et pleins d'autres choses) que le confort des actionnaires d'Atos, de Cap Gemini et les joujous répressifs pour la police, sans oublier les conneries militaristes du SNU…
Oui bien sûr.
Certaines le font (cf les initiatives du ministère de l'éducation par ex), mais ça reste rare.
Je sais que ça existe mais c'est même pas rare, c'est littéralement marginal (ça n'enlève rien au mérite mais c'est trop peu et trop invisibilisé dans la presse, donc ça alimente le délire « libre = 3 gus dans un garage »)
Çà devrait être systémique, vu à quel point en réalité, centaines administrations dépendent fortement de logiciels libres
Même sur pour la presse grand public et pour les politiques, ça fait « plus sérieux » de mettre en avant des contrats avec M$… 🤡
FIRST AID: Tariff threat puts Irish pharma industry on edge
In today's edition: Tariffs, mortality map, and COVID-19 vaccine safetyBrenda Strohmaier (EURACTIV)
Luci e ombre sulle vendite di Apple in Cina
L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Dopo sette trimestri consecutivi di calo, le vendite di Apple in Cina hanno ripreso a crescere: merito dei computer Mac, ma anche dei contributi pubblici.startmag.it/innovazione/apple-…
Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original
Almost 6 million units have been sold so far — over a third of the Wii U’s total lifetime sales.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original
Nintendo’s financial year is off to a bumper start thanks to explosive sales of its Switch 2 console.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Groots, bedwelmend en vol met licht: regisseur Robert Wilson gaf met zijn obsessieve nauwgezetheid het theater een nieuwe impuls
Robert Wilson (1941-2025), theaterregisseur: Robert Wilson was meer dan alleen theaterregisseur; hij was videokunstenaar, beeldend kunstenaar, performer, lichtontwerper. Het sleutelwoord tot al zijn werk zou je kunnen omschrijven als ‘licht’.Kester Freriks (NRC)
She left college to conquer tennis. At 81, Billie Jean King is back, chasing a degree
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-31/she-left-csula-in-the-1960s-to-conquer-tennis-at-81-billie-jean-king-is-back-chasing-a-degree?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Commentary: She left college to conquer tennis. At 81, Billie Jean King is back, chasing a degree
Billie Jean King’s resume is missing one thing — a college degree — so, at 81, she's back in the school where she started: Cal State L.A.Steve Lopez (Los Angeles Times)
Actor Griffin Dunne revisits his Hollywood childhood in 'The Friday Afternoon Club'
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5486780/actor-griffin-dunne-revisits-his-hollywood-childhood-in-the-friday-afternoon-club?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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in reply to Project Gutenberg • • •The ground floor has the reception and many tables with set chessboards, inviting you to play. The first floor is a creative space with everything from sewing machines to 3D printers, guitars and soundproof rooms, and the bright top floor, resembling a ship has the books.
Have a look here: oodihelsinki.fi/en/
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