Etchings on a Wall in the Desert Could Rewrite the Story of Human Migration
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Etchings on a Wall in the Desert Could Rewrite the Story of Human Migration
Nomads who created these images found a way to survive the arid conditions of the desert, and they left behind images that showed the way to water.Elizabeth Rayne (Popular Mechanics)
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New from me: (Aside: The hardest thing about writing this piece was reconciling the horrible subject matter with the immense satisfaction that comes with correcting an arrogant dudesplainer.) open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Yes, the Trump administration ...
Yes, the Trump administration is eviscerating the due process rights of immigrants
Part two of my response to Pirate Wires editor Harris Sockel's disingenuous defense of Trump's immigration policyRadley Balko (The Watch)
EU support guarantees AKSHI and AKSK in Albania access to world-class cybersecurity software
Cyber threats are becoming more frequent and complex every day, the need for resilient digital infrastructure and cybersecurity professionals, with the skillsBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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We had to leave earlier, but coincidentally, after my last post, I was fortunate enough to meet two people in person who enrich the #Fediverse: @quintessence , as well as @_elena It was awesome! It was nice meeting you two!
I could also explain the federation concept applied here, in e-mails and Matrix to two young women who studied computer science.
Unfortunately, I cannot attend the event during the weekend, but it promises to be really good! Hopefully, I can watch some presentations later, even from the airport..
#fediday #BerlinFediDay #fediday25 #federation
Introducing Ultimate Audiobooks, the one stop shop for file cleaning
My family hosts a modest Audiobookshelf server. When we tried to move from our old Plex server to ABS it was a nightmare. Our library had been built slowly over years and file organization/metadata was a mess. It took us several tools and many hours to get everything in decent shape. I was frustrated that nobody had made a single tool to scrub and clean up an audiobook library. So, I made one!
Notable features:
- Fetch new metadata interactively from Audible or Goodreads
- Generate metadata files
- Recursively find and process files
- Combine chapter files into a single book file
- Convert files to .m4b
This is my first foray into an open source project. I know it's not pretty, and many of the features on my initial wishlist never got finished. But I have the core functionality working enough for my needs, which means I've been putting a lot less time into it. I decided to just release it to the world as is. May it save you much time!
Ultimate Audiobooks is licensed under GPL-3.0
GitHub - thovin/Ultimate-Audiobooks: An all-in-one solution to processing audiobook files
An all-in-one solution to processing audiobook files - thovin/Ultimate-AudiobooksGitHub
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Seems like an extension of Readarr (rest in peace) plus AudioBook Converter and ffmpeg for conversion?
Nice to have a tool with all of it in one place. I’d be concerned about the Goodreads API failing you like it did for Readarr. Then the backup metadata also failed
'Now is the Time': FCC Commissioner Warns of Free Speech Threats - The Oxford Eagle
By Marvis Herring and Clara Turnage Ole Miss News FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez made the 17th stop of her nationwide First Amendment Tour on Thursday (Oct.Staff Report (The Oxford Eagle)
NetBSD is (re-)installed on the Thinkpad X230 and digging into the NetBSD Guide this weekend. Onward! 
Our Favorite Lutron Smart Light Switches Are Back Down to 20% Off or More Just Before Prime Day
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Our Favorite Lutron Smart Light Switches Are Back Down to 20% Off or More Just Before Prime Day
Give your home a futuristic touch with these light switches while they're at a heavily discounted price.Corin Cesaric (CNET)
Quantum Breakthrough Lets Individual Atoms Chat Like Never Before
“Like Talking on the Telephone” – Quantum Breakthrough Lets Individual Atoms Chat Like Never Before
Scientists have linked nuclear spins inside silicon chips, marking a leap toward scalable quantum computers. Engineers at UNSW have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing by creating what are known as “quantum entangled states.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
Gli insulti di Borghi ai due milioni di manifestanti
Oltre due milioni di cittadini sono scesi in piazza per manifestare il loro sostegno a Gaza.Gayburg
Antoni Lallikan, French photojournalist, was killed by a Russian FPV drone in Donetsk region.
Hryhorii Ivanchenko, photographer for Kyiv Independent, worked alongside Antoni. Both journalists were wearing bulletproof vests with PRESS written on them. Hryhorii was injured but is stable.
Antoni Lallikan was known for his reports from conflict zones. After the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022, he traveled to Ukraine and documented the consequences of the war.
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Gli insulti di Borghi ai due milioni di manifestanti
Oltre due milioni di cittadini sono scesi in piazza per manifestare il loro sostegno a Gaza.Gayburg
An OB-GYN who took acetaminophen during her own labor said the president’s remarks about Tylenol won’t stop her from prescribing it when necessary, but will confuse patients and increase health care providers’ fears of potential lawsuits.
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in reply to Erin Reed • • •Note again that the CRs don’t have anti-lgbtq provisions, those are in the main appropriations bills which the CRs are meant to buy time for negotiating over. Punchbowl is reporting some of the approps bills may be targeted for passage as “minibus” bills. punchbowl.news/article/fina...
Minibus talks nearing end but ...
Minibus talks nearing end but need leadership decisions - Punchbowl News
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