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EVERY TEN MINUTES | Saving the Aquatic Warbler

Once widespread across Europe, this tiny migratory bird has suffered a dramatic decline as its wetland habitats disappear. But across Lithuania, conservationists are fighting back — restoring wetlands, managing the landscape, and giving this endangered species a chance to survive.

This is the story of one of Europe’s most threatened songbirds — and the people working to save it.

Become a member of Be Brave To Act:
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To know more about the Aquatic Warbler Project : meldine.lt/en/

Thumbnail picture : Žymantas Morkvėnas

Thanks to my Patreons :
Cherry Summerfield
Steve Potts
Matthias Crommelinck
Eric Forsmark
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ELKZ

#NatureDocumentary #WildlifeConservation #FieldExpedition
🎬 Be Brave To Act — showing up and doing the work for nature.

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#Apple has announced new terms for alternative app distribution in the EU (18 August 2026). The reduction of fees is welcome, but the core problems for smaller developers and #FreeSoftware remain there.

🧵A thread on why we're still concerned about #DMA compliance.🧵

#freesoftware #Apple #dma

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The biggest issue: #notarization. Every app must pass Apple's automatic and human review before it can run on iOS, even when distributed outside the App Store, via an alternative marketplace or a website.

No channel escapes Apple's gatekeeping.

Once notarized, Apple encrypts the binary. Nobody can run, inspect, or share that software freely. This makes it impossible to distribute #FreeSoftware apps, as the freedoms cannot be guaranteed.

#freesoftware #notarization

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Entry barriers for developers stay high: despite a waiver for not for profit projects, to open an alternative marketplace you need financial guarantees worth up to €1 million, or must already reach 1 million first annual installs. Small projects rarely meet either bar.

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A new fee waiver could help some not-for-profit projects, and we welcome that. But it changes nothing about notarization, developer accounts, or entry thresholds. For #FreeSoftware, this is not the substantial shift the #DMA should deliver, and we have been highlighting this in our report.

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2052342…

Assessing Apple's compliance with the Digital Markets Act - The barriers against Device Neutrality

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#freesoftware #dma
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These concerns were already raised in a complaint to the European Commission filed by @Freiheitsrechte and @article19, which the FSFE contributed to.

article19.org/wp-content/uploa…

@Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @ARTICLE 19

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Willie Shen

I heard there are AltStore, SideStore, LiveContainer, etc. which might be GPL-compatible. IDK how usable they are since I don't buy a prison for myself but definitely far worse than what we have in Android. I consider iOS device to be a service (as a software substitute) rather than a hardware since users can't decide what software they can run on it. And unfortunately Android is moving towards it recently.
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diesUndDasMitTassen 🇺🇦

I have enough of this crap. Everything has become too complicated for me, since Apple and Google set the hurdles so high - in the future I will only tinker with apps in the webstack and no more smartphone apps, all the tracking is also annoying like hell. fu apple, fu google, fu microsoft.

I'm thinking about porting an app to Ubuntu Touch as a test, maybe I'll enjoy it 🤔 would also be a way to turn my back on gafam.

#bigtech #apple #google #gafam #tracking #appdevelopment #smartphone

#Google #Smartphone #Apple #Tracking #bigtech #GAFAM #appdevelopment
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Do you know how to spot covert automated license plate readers (ALPRs)? Here's what to look out for if you're on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the US-Mexico borderlands.
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wishchain

I just downloaded your video and wanted to share it over messengers but the app crashes and it not can get shared!
And this is exactly what they want to hide! The spying on the folks worldwide and the digital manipulation/stealing.

For this they need pictures and other image materials to process it and control people's mind with it

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Daily Reminder to Not Listen to Google's AI Overview

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Daily Reminder To Not Listen To Google’s AI Overview

Hey y’all, I’m here today with a PSA that I find myself repeating multiple times a day, every single day. And I’m going to do it again. AI is wrong a lot. And I mean a lot. Both a…
Athena Scalzi (Whatever)
#AI #Google

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Sigh.. I thought I'd try Scaleway to move my OpenProject instance to, but since when do cloud providers require you to identify yourself with your government ID?! And using a third party company.

Any recommendations for a good cloud provider based in Europe that isn't Scaleway or Hetzner?

The "Get your ID verified" dialog box on Scaleway. It's stuck now because I cancelled the verification process as soon as I saw that they outsourced it to a third party.
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Total Solar Eclipse 2026 - Spain - videos.trom.tf/w/jauFWCwPVCM99…

Video I made about the total solar eclipse we saw in Spain a few days ago. it was AMAZING!

#solareclipse #eclipse #totalsolareclipse #eclipsespain #nature #spain

#nature #sPAIN #Eclipse #solareclipse #totalsolareclipse #eclipsespain

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Total Solar Eclipse 2026. What a wonderful time! - tiotrom.com/2026/08/total-sola…

A big blog post I made about the Eclipse plus a bonus video. It was such a wonderful time!

#eclipse #solareclipse #totalsolareclipse #spain #nature

#nature #sPAIN #Eclipse #solareclipse #totalsolareclipse

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If you want to truly understand what culture really is, I highly recommend the Anthropology and the Study of Humanity course that delves deep into the history of our cultures, from what we may regard as “primitive” societies, to kingdoms, or today’s “civilization”. 24 lectures full of rich information. All trade-free.

Here - videoneat.com/courses/26806/an…

#course #culture #videoneat

Anthropology and the Study of Humanity

Biology, archaeology, language, and culture-gain a comprehensive understanding of humanity's development from an acclaimed professor and field researcher.
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#culture #videoneat #course

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Amazing solar eclipse experience! I will share a lot more these days. But yah FABULOUS!

W @aaron @Roma @n00b0ss

#eclipse #solareclipse #spain

#sPAIN #Eclipse #solareclipse @Roma @aaron @n00b0ss

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Today I begin as Chief External Relations Officer at the Food Bank Council of Michigan! The role brings together food banks, policymakers, community leaders, and philanthropic partners across Michigan and in DC to advance food security. I have long admired FBCM and am honored to join the team. fbcmich.org/food-bank-council-… 1/

FBCM Welcomes Dr. Sheril Kirshenbaum as Chief External Relations Officer  — Food Bank Council

The Food Bank Council of Michigan is pleased to welcome Dr. Sheril Kirshenbaum as its Chief External Relations Officer, a newly created role focused on strengthening advocacy, strategic partnerships, philanthropic support and statewide engagement.
Denise Donahue (Food Bank Council)

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#science #culture #trom #tromsite #tromarticles

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Pure Blog

Pure Blog is a simple PHP based blogging platform, designed from the ground up for personal blogs and the small web.
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#blogging #CMS #writing #blogs @Kev Quirk

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Statue of a scolar: "Never forget that you are your own data center. Drink plenty of water and consume as much literature as possible."
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If I could leave Google, I would. They just hide their own rules behind safety arguments. It's bullshit. But I stay, because some people depend on them and don't deserve to be punished. That's why I won't publish any new apps here, though.
Screenshot of an email from Google in white text on a black background, titled "Action required". It reads: "You have apps that do not meet Android developer verification requirements, and will be removed from Google Play on Sep 30, 2026".

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To explain my position: Google is getting this wrong. If we followed their rules, several safe apps on F-Droid would be removed. But you can make a scam app that just follows their rules, and it's fine.
They're just misleading people by giving them a false sense of trust.

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I've sometimes thought about building a service combining #OSM and the #Fediverse, to talk with people in the same region.

It would be 100% anonymous: a dedicated account, with no link to your existing Fedi identity, and why not #E2EE for messages.

No exact location: posts are attached to the nearest town, so neither the server nor other users see your coordinates.

Anonymity could be what makes people comfortable enough to talk with people around them. Everyone stays in a safe place.

  • Yes, I would use it (66%, 230 votes)
  • Not interesting (13%, 45 votes)
  • No opinion (20%, 71 votes)
346 voters. Poll end: Thursday, September 3, 2026, 8:29 PM

#fediverse #e2ee #osm

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Stargazer

If it is safe, it's an interesting option. Not sure if it will be of use to me (Mastodon is barely known in my parts), but as an long time OSM editor I'm glad to see another use for it.
For more Masto-active regions, narrowing down the area would probably be necessary.
Note that there often are country-specific tile servers that may be faster and better suited for local users than the generic ones.
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Today I found this video and its correct

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#Linux #meme
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New blog-post: "When online commenters 'detect' my art as AI"

→ davidrevoy.com/article1164/whe…

Screenshots of comments from various platforms: - but is WAY to similar to Al - Is this Al or just made to look that way? - was the ai style in purpose too? 3 - Your art looks like low quality Al - Trying to figure out if this is ai - Dang, it's crazy seeing the source art style to so00o many of those Al slop comics, kinda surreal. - I have a feeling the faces feel off - this isn't the transcript, this is just the exact same script you gave to the Al - this art looks hella ai generated - Nice comic. What prompt? - Shitty Al art - AI? LMAO . - You must be John Art because it seems that it stole from you the most - Is it me or the proportions looks like Ai art?

When online commenters 'detect' my art as AI

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Meo-Ada Mespotine

I don't understand, why people don't see it's not ai you do.
I mean, I just need to look at facial expressions in ai "art" vs real art. Expressions in ai "art" always look off and wrong and not correct(like a bad actor doing stuff) while real art has usually expressions who are spot on, cause humans know, how things must be expressed.

So it's clear that your images aren't ai, your faces emote too good and spot on,even if one doesn't know all your previous work to detect it's not ai.

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