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The Collector™

2 weeks ago • •

The Collector™
2 weeks ago • •

Flugverkehr innerhalb Deutschlands um über 50 Prozent eingebrochen reitschuster.de/post/flugverke… Es wird nicht weniger geflogen, nur eben woanders. So lässt sich der „Erfolg“ deutscher Klimapolitik kurz und prägnant zusammenfassen. Mehrere Regionen sind deshalb nur noch schwer zu erreichen, Kunden müssen immer tiefer in die Tasche greifen. Von Kai Rebmann.
Der Beitrag Flugverkehr innerhalb Deutschlands um über 50 Prozent

Flugverkehr innerhalb Deutschlands um über 50 Prozent eingebrochen - reitschuster.de

^{Kai Rebmann (reitschuster.de)}

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bituur esztreym

2 weeks ago • •

bituur esztreym
2 weeks ago • •

le monde où dix machines errent

#ironème #ironèmes

#ironème #ironemes

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bituur esztreym

in reply to bituur esztreym • 2 weeks ago • •

ce monde ourdi le mage y n'erre

#ironème #ironèmes

#ironème #ironemes

Michael9

2 weeks ago • •

Michael9
2 weeks ago • •

I am building a new "SessionMixer" application for my Linux audio setup. The goal is to provide configurable, ergonomic controls over both the audio hardware mixing (onboard in my Focusrite Scarlett, for now) and also software-layer mixing (PipeWire) under one roof.

It's early days, but a lot of the hard problems are already cracked.

Will be released as open source. Hoping it might be useful to extend for other audio hardware.

#linux #audio #linuxaudio #studio #music #production #software

A screenshot of a very minimally-configured SessionMixer session. Showing a couple of faders and a couple of VU meters.

#Linux #music #audio #software #production #linuxaudio #studio

Premodernist

2 weeks ago • •

Premodernist
2 weeks ago • •

Why does the Electoral College exist?

Forget what you think you know about why they created the Electoral College.

(I am currently working on the English subtitles and hope to have them up by tomorrow.)

0:00 Background
1:14 The Constitutional Convention of 1787
2:24 Direct election of the president?
6:58 Congressional appointment of the president?
11:11 Congressional apportionment bonuses
14:55 The logic of an electoral college
20:38 Why the small states and slave states were skeptical of an electoral college
21:50 The Brearly Committee
22:35 Let's read the Constitution
31:50 The president's term of office and re-electibility
33:49 What would you have done?
34:57 Footnotes

FOOTNOTES

The primary source used for this video is The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand, rev. ed., 3 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1966 [1911, 1937]). It collates the notes taken by different individuals regarding the debates and votes at the convention sequentially according to date. I cite the dates below.

[1] Wilson and Morris’s advoc

Forget what you think you know about why they created the Electoral College.

(I am currently working on the English subtitles and hope to have them up by tomorrow.)

FOOTNOTES

[1] Wilson and Morris’s advocacy for direct election of the president and the arguments made against it by other delegates: June 1, July 17, July 19

[2] Gerry’s concern about an interstate political organization: July 25

[3] See the credentials of Delaware’s delegates in Appendix B of The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 3, pp. 574–575. See also James Madison’s notes on the debate on May 30 (vol. 1, p. 37).

[4] Debates on whether states should have equal or proportional representation in Congress: May 30, June 9, June 11, June 19, June 27–30, July 7

[5] Wilson and Morris’s advocacy of an electoral college: June 2, July 19, September 4. Other delegates also sometimes spoke in favor.

[6] Shlomo Slonim, “The Electoral College at Philadelphia: The Evolution of an Ad Hoc Congress for the Selection of a President,” The Journal of American History 73, no. 1 (June 1986), 55–56.

[7] Wilson proposed that electors be proportional to population: June 2

[8] Ellsworth proposed a 3-2-1 scheme: July 19

[9] The delegates did approve an electoral college on July 19 and then reverted to selection by Congress on July 24. During those days the draft had the electors being chosen by state legislatures, with the largest states getting three electors and the smallest getting one. They did not switch back to an electoral college until September.

[10] The Brearley Committee's solution to have electors vote within their respective states: September 4. Madison recorded the rationale, as expressed by Gouverneur Morris, in vol. 2, p. 500.

[11] Houston’s concern over the distance electors would have to travel: July 24. Hugh Williamson of North Carolina had also voiced this concern on June 2.

[12] Morris voiced this view on July 17 (vol. 2, p. 33)

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Scottish Borders Weather

2 weeks ago • •

Scottish Borders Weather
2 weeks ago • •

📅12 Dec:🌡️ Hi: 8.7c@3:57am, Lo: 0.0c@6:22am (Avg: 5.47c) 🌧️0.44mm #weatherDaily #weatherSummary

#weathersummary #weatherdaily

Michael9

2 weeks ago • •

Michael9
2 weeks ago • •

A better look at SessionMixer, the desktop cue mixing application I posted about earlier.

github.com/michaelquigley/sess…

Work in progress.

#linux #audio #linuxaudio #golang #ui

A screenshot showing a few selected faders and VU meters in a desktop cue mixing application called SessionMixer.

GitHub - michaelquigley/sessionmixer: a lightweight, configurable desktop mixer for controlling cue mixes and audio routing on audio interfaces with onboard mixing.

a lightweight, configurable desktop mixer for controlling cue mixes and audio routing on audio interfaces with onboard mixing. - michaelquigley/sessionmixer

^GitHub

#Linux #audio #golang #UI #linuxaudio

Bytes Europe

2 weeks ago • •

Bytes Europe
2 weeks ago • •

Marjorie Taylor Greene Reportedly Set To Launch Bid To Oust Speaker Mike Johnson Before Leaving Congress byteseu.com/1622328/ #America #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USPolitics #USA #USAPolitics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Reportedly Set To Launch Bid To Oust Speaker Mike Johnson Before Leaving Congress

^{BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)}

#politics #UnitedStates #USA #US #america #USPolitics #unitedstatesofamerica #usapolitics

Tamami

2 weeks ago • •

Tamami
2 weeks ago • •

#FootpathFriday
#trails

A very narrow trail, parts barely visible, going up the steep hillside that's covered with golden dried grasses. Blue sky beyond the highest ridges.

#trails #footpathfriday

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Simon Ashcroft

2 weeks ago • •

Simon Ashcroft
2 weeks ago • •

#ScribesAndMakers 12. What's the longest book you've ever read?

Not sure.

Maybe Lord of the Rings. Perhaps the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. Possibly the Bible.

Maybe, if I count 2 volumes of Lovecraft (published under the titles "The Necronomicon" and "Eldritch Tales") as one, it was his stuff. Or maybe Poe wrote more...

Too difficult a question...

#scribesandmakers

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Mike Nelson Pedde

in reply to Simon Ashcroft • 2 weeks ago • •

I've had books that FELT like they took forever to read... 🤔

For LOTR you really need to include The Silmarillion and The Hobbit to the other three. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy is also a trilogy in five parts so also pretty long. The Tales of Narnia has eight volumes. Hard to say.

Equally impossible question: "Which book have you enjoyed reading the most?"

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Simon Ashcroft

in reply to Mike Nelson Pedde • 2 weeks ago • •

@wolfnowl

When a book starts feeling like forever, it's time to stop reading it.

The single book to which I keep returning is Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet", so, I suppose that is the longest – very short – book I most enjoyed. Probably...

@Mike Nelson Pedde

The Conversation UK

2 weeks ago • •

The Conversation UK
2 weeks ago • •

Why better screening won’t be enough.
tcnv.link/Nl5EIQt

One sperm donor fathered 200 children and passed on a deadly mutation – and it could easily happen again

^{The Conversation}

Chuck Darwin

2 weeks ago • •

Chuck Darwin
2 weeks ago • •

House Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal Friday
as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
 The legislation would codify and expand health plans for small businesses, fund reductions of premiums for low-income people in the individual health insurance market and increase transparency in prescription drug pricing, according to House Republican leadership aides.
 The proposal would also allow for a separate vote on an extension of the premium ACA tax credits, which subsidize health insurance for most of the 24 million Americans who buy their coverage from the Obamacare Marketplace — the central demand Democrats and moderate Republicans have made in the recent health care debate.  The House is expected to vote on the proposal next week before leaving Washington for a two-week holiday break.

If passed, it is unclear if the proposal could succeed in the Senate, where it would require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster

The Collector™

2 weeks ago • •

The Collector™
2 weeks ago • •

Heizungsgesetz: Deutschland auf dem Holzweg tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/he… Die Berufspropagandisten machen schon lange mobil: „Verbrecher, die Holz- und Pelletöfen fördern.“ Das schreibt der notorische Frauenfreund Jörg Kachelmann bei jeder Gelegenheit. Für Andersdenkende hat der selbsternannte Schweizer Wettergott regelmäßig nichts als blanke Verachtung übrig: „Holz- und Pelletöfen machen nicht nur krank, sondern auch dumm.“ Inhaltlich liegen

Heizungsgesetz: Deutschland auf dem Holzweg

Die Bürokraten in Brüssel und Berlin nehmen den Bürger in den Schwitzkasten: Heizen mit Holz wird sukzessive unmöglich gemacht. Nach und nach kappt der Staat jeden Zugang zu einem unabhängigen und selbstbestimmten Leben.

^{thomas punzmann (Tichys Einblick)}

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🔊🎶 N U N D

2 weeks ago • •

🔊🎶 N U N D
2 weeks ago • •

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released

The Wine development release 11.0-rc1 is now available.
This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 11.0. It
marks the beginning of the yearly code freeze period. Please give this
release a good testing and report any issue that you find, to…
winehq.org/news/2025120501

#PeaceLoveMusic #LinuxAudio #DAW #MusicProduction #WineHQ #VST

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released

^WineHQ

#musicproduction #PeaceLoveMusic #daw #VST #linuxaudio #winehq

Bernard Marks

2 weeks ago • •

Bernard Marks
2 weeks ago • •

Israel Used Palantir Technology In Its 2024 Lebanon Pager Attack

Palantir software was used by Israel in its 2024 pager attacks in Lebanon, according to a new book by Alex Karp, co-founder of the Palantir tech company. On September 17, thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members, including civilians not involved in any armed activity, were detonated across Lebanon.

Many showed "error" messages and vibrated loudly prior to exploding, luring Hezbollah members or, in some cases, their family members to stand close by at the point of detonation. The next day more communication devices exploded, including at the public funerals of Hezbollah members and civilians who had been killed the previous day.

While many Israeli figures celebrated, praised and even joked about the attacks, United Nations experts called them a "terrifying" violation of international law. In total, 42 people were killed and thousands wounded, many left with life-altering injuries to the eyes, face and hands.

Karp's new biography reveals that Israel deepened its use of the company

Israel Used Palantir Technology In Its 2024 Lebanon Pager Attack

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

^{Tyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)}

Chicago Tribune

2 weeks ago • •

Chicago Tribune
2 weeks ago • •

Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/humanoid-robots-silicon-valley-summit/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Nation & World @nation-world-chicagotribune

@Nation & World

Bytes Europe

2 weeks ago • •

Bytes Europe
2 weeks ago • •

‘They have not received a raise in 25 years’: Young men are now being out-earned by seniors for the first time ever byteseu.com/1622325/ #Canada

‘They have not received a raise in 25 years’: Young men are now being out-earned by seniors for the first time ever

^{BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)}

#canada

António Manuel Dias

2 weeks ago • •

António Manuel Dias
2 weeks ago • •

A equipa feminina do Sporting defronta amanhã a do Braga nos oitavos de final da Taça de Portugal.

➡️ SC Braga vs. Sporting CP
📆 Sábado, 13 de dezembro
🕒️️️ 11h
🏟️ Estádio Amélia Morais
💶 € 7,50 (adeptos visitantes) / € 1,50 (sócios SC Braga)
📺️️️ Canal 11

🎵 Eu vou lá estar 🎵

#futebol
#FutebolFeminino
#SportingCP
#SCBraga
#TaçaPortugalFeminina

#futebol #sportingcp #futebolfeminino #SCBraga #tacaportugalfeminina

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António Manuel Dias

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Antevisão ao jogo por Micael Sequeira: sporting.pt/pt/noticias/futebo…

Micael Sequeira: "O mais importante para amanhã é o aspecto mental"

A equipa feminina de futebol do Sporting CP desloca-se este sábado a casa do SC Braga para a 4.ª eliminatória da Taça de Portugal e na antevisão à partida, o treinador Leonino Micael Sequeira fez o lançamento do jogo aos meios de comunicação do Clube…

^{www.sporting.pt}

All for Gardening

2 weeks ago • •

All for Gardening
2 weeks ago • •

My Beautiful new leaf! 🥺🥰 allforgardening.com/1536936/my… #alocasia

My Beautiful new leaf! 🥺🥰 - All For Gardening

^{Gardener (All For Gardening)}

#alocasia

Rich

2 weeks ago • •

Rich
2 weeks ago • •

#Vaccines Become a Religion (videos)
For years you followed the rules, trusted the white coats, and believed the story everyone insisted was unshakably true. But beneath the certainty was a doctrine guarded like scripture - a belief system so woven into modern life that most never realized they’d been initiated.
Talking to vaccine zealots is like speaking to a brick wall. Regardless of the evidence presented, you cannot reach them — sometimes it feels like speaking to religious fanatics unwilling to consider the “blasphemy you’re spewing forth”
This is deliberate, as vaccines have been enshrined as the holy water which baptizes you into the faith of Western medicine and became the “miracle” the superiority of modern medicine is based upon
articles.mercola.com/sites/art…
odysee.com/@DoctorMercola:2/Ho…

How Vaccine Dogma Hides the Data | Mercola Cellular Wisdom

Are we mistaking belief for evidence when it comes to vaccines? This episode unpacks how prestige, bias, and trial design choices can turn ‘safe and effective’ into a slogan—then shows you how to veri...

^Odysee

#vaccines

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