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paco, 4 months ago to ai

I am crying I am laughing so hard at the #AI generated colours from @janellecshane 's blog: https://www.aiweirdness.com/new-ai-paint-colors/

baruch, 4 months ago to Women

In #Afghanistan, there have been 211 confirmed attacks on schools and hospitals, and an estimated 2.5 million girls and young #women are denied access to #education.

We need to do better. There is no excuse.

https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/2023/12/afghanistan-a-dire-situation-for-children-due-to-a-lack-of-access-to-basic-services-and-increased-vulnerabilities/

jonoabroad, 4 months ago to random

At some point, we really need to consider it's not incompetence and it really is malice.

EU_Commission, 4 months ago to random

Sustainability is the buzzword when it comes to fashion.

Our strategy for sustainable and circular textiles ensures that by 2030, all textile products placed on the EU market are socially and environmentally friendly.

By demanding durability, repairability and recyclability, we can make a difference.

Read more about the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles: https://europa.eu/!Wxdjbv

#EUGreenDeal

roy, 5 months ago to firefox

This December, if there’s one tech New Year’s resolution I’d encourage you to have, it’s switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox’s market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.

A red panda (firefox) resting on a tree branch.“Red Panda” by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.1. Privacy

Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. There’s been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they don’t even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.

2. Browser engine monopoly

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Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being “active”. Browser engines are the bits that take a web page’s code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If that’s the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.

It’s happened before

In the early 2000’s, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. They’d use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.

Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its “Gecko” engine.

Firefox is actually really good

If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. It’s fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. I’ve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.

So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. It’s an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.

https://roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-2024-please-switch-to-firefox/

#Firefox #privacy

lowqualityfacts, 6 months ago to random

I recently learned that I have the 86th largest Mastodon account, out of 14.5 million total accounts. I'm proud to single-handedly lower the quality of the top 100.
https://most-followed-masotodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/?page=2

hebrewbyinbal, 6 months ago to hebrew

Understand & master the blessings over the candles, counting your Gelt, ordering Kelly Doughnuts in the store, and more
Why Choose 'Hebrew Lights: Hanukkah Crash Course'?
✨ 8 laser focused lessons
Cultural insights and practical Hebrew use
✨ Accessible anytime, anywhere – learn at your own pace
✨ Lifetime access to the course and my support within the course
✨ Includes videos, audio files to download and listen on the go, & downloadable PDFs
#hanukkah #hebrew #israel #jewishholidays #jewishlife

video/mp4

ongoliard, 6 months ago to Energy

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row. For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
#energy #news #renewableenergy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/portugal-just-ran-on-100-renewables-for-six-days-in-a-row

Bellingen, 6 months ago to cars

There’s a Big Problem With Your Car’s Tires
"Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency formally acknowledged the ecological damage wreaked by tire pollution. The agency announced that it would investigate the toxicity of 6PPD, a necessary step toward a potential ban on its widespread use in tire manufacturing. According to knowledgeable people I checked with, this is the first time that a federal agency has formally considered tires’ ecological harm. At long last, the U.S. is thinking beyond the tailpipe to examine hidden ways that cars befoul the planet."
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https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/car-tires-6ppd-pollution-epa.html
#tyres #cars #EVs #vehicles #machinery #pollution #water #air #toxins

dnc, 6 months ago to food

Beef Wellington https://www.diningandcooking.com/1039106/beef-wellington-14/

#food #FoodPorn

kyhwana, 7 months ago to random

er, shit..
#covid19nz
source: https://poops.nz

covid wastewater numbers show big jump for wellington

adminkirsty, 7 months ago to nz

#RNZ The Detail today with @byroncclark and Auckland University’s Bill McKay, about 15 Minute Cities and the conspiracy theories building around them.
#NZ #NZTwits

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018913522/convenient-cities-become-conspiracy-targets

Nonya_Bidniss, 7 months ago to random

I think we should start viewing power-hungry men as inherently unstable human beings who should barely be trusted to make their own breakfast much less make decisions affecting anyone else's life. #patriarchy

hilljam, 7 months ago to random

fascinating (and gorgeous!) chart showing the evolution of recorded-music revenue over the last 50 years

the first thing that jumps out at me is how much smaller the overall pie is post-streaming. the streaming services and major labels have successfully managed a) to dramatically devalue recorded music and b) to put a much larger percentage of it directly into their own pockets. it's one of the single biggest upward transfers of wealth in history — from artists to billionaire corporations

dukepaaron, 7 months ago to Jewish

“if you see a #jewish ‘person’ on campus, follow them home and slit their throats. rats need to be elimination from cornell” [SIC] one message on the forum read."

Another post said “the genocidal fascist #zionist regime will be destroyed. rape and kill all the #jew women, before they birth more jewish hitlers. #jews are excrement on the face of the earth. no jew civilian is innocent of genocide” [SIC]."

While I agree that #antizionism does not equal #antisemitism necessarily... I think we're rapidly approaching the point of no return on their unity.

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-770756

shepgo, 7 months ago to China

Antisemitic Comments Increase Across Chinese Social Media

In recent days, searches and mentions involving the phrase “anti-Jew” skyrocketed on the Chinese app WeChat. On news stories about the Middle East turmoil, some comments have ranged from outright threats against Jews to negativity directed at anyone defending Israeli actions in the conflict. Influencers on Chinese social media who identify as Jewish have found themselves trolled by online mobs
#antisemitism #china
https://apple.news/AxCVHGbddSVetR2-EmLE7Gg

JimRion, 7 months ago to books

A friendly reminder from someone who makes books;
If you read a book and liked it, please talk about it. It doesn't have to be a review, although those really do help.
Just, tell a friend. Post "this book was pretty rad!" somewhere.
If no one talks about a book, it basically doesn't exist for lots of people.
Thank you kindly!
#Books

auschwitzmuseum, 7 months ago to Slovenia

24 October 1913 | A Slovenian, Rafael Bajec, was born. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 28 November 1941.
No. 21145
He perished in the camp on 20 March 1942.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Slovenia #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts

zoom_earth, 7 months ago to random

Tropical Cyclone #Lola has developed near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Follow updates in real-time here: https://zoom.earth/storms/lola-2024/

KeithDJohnson, 7 months ago to gardening

1504 cultivars of tomatoes, out of more than 10,000 varieties.
Celebrate and embrace diversity.

1504 varieties of Romanian #tomatoes at the Brussels festival!
Photo: Marian Popescu
#gardening #food

bmay, 7 months ago to random

I daily see how Brexit happened.

Sheencr, 7 months ago to random

This just shows just how pro-netzero Rishi Sunak is. Or not more accurately… in a cost of living crisis where people face evictions, can’t heat homes, can afford food this is all the more disgusting

david, 7 months ago to ai

What We Lost Today, Was Taken From Us Yesterday

We tend to live in a world where we only live in the now -- but some of us realize the quality of our now is influenced by what was previously lost. In this Human Meme podcast episode, we endeavor to discover the cause and effect of happiness and satisfaction in living.

#AI #AIvoice #Cloning #HumanMeme #Podcast #DavidBoles #Loss #Regret

https://humanmeme.com/what-we-lost-today-was-taken-from-us-yesterday

mayaisloading, 7 months ago to random

I got FED UP with Etsy so I did a thing...

I've been using Etsy to sell printables for good couple of years now and as much as I believe its a great concept, this platform hes been a mess as all big platforms tend to get. But this is a story for another time.

One amazing person here bought me 3 coffies on Buy Me a Coffe (if you see this, thank you very much) and reminded me this site existed. And since Mastodon has been the only social I truly enjoyed in a while, I decided to try something...

I've added one of my printable bookmark bundles with a Halloween theme on Buy Me a Coffee as an extra, priced as low as the site would let me (1$) with the option to pay as much as you want. I wanted to let anyone who like my work to be able to get themselves a copy of the printable.

That's just my little experiment right here, so nothing too serious but I would be doing a little happy dance if you check them out or give me a boost.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mayaisloading/e/176281

TheRaDR, 7 months ago to random

We can refuse to root for the safety and lives and rights of human beings like they are sports teams.

In which there are winners and losers.

In which safety is a finite resource that must be hoarded.

https://lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/a-lot-of-things-are-true