To enjoy #RIPE88 in a more quiet / sober / playful way, join us for the Tea BoF on Wednesday (22 May) 19:00-23:00 in "Hunnan B" room - for the evening of tea, chat, #board / #card#games... Bring your board game! own! Bring other sweets to share! Bring own games! Share this invite too! Tag those who you think should join! <3
The Day of the Rope
The Molly Maguires became international news on June 21, 1877, when the authorities💥 hanged ten Irish miners in a single day in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.💥
Known as #Black#Thursday, or Day of the Rope, it was the second largest mass execution in U.S. history.
(The largest was in 1862, when the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota warriors).
The authorities accused the Irishmen of being terrorists from a secret organization called the #Molly#Maguires.
They executed ten more over the next two years, and imprisoned another twenty suspected Molly Maguires.
Most of the convicted men were #union#activists.
Some even held public office, as #sheriffs and #school#board members.
However, there is no evidence that an organization called the Molly Maguires ever existed in the U.S.
James McParland, an agent provocateur who worked for the #Pinkerton#Detective#Agency,
and who provided the plans and weapons the men purportedly used in their crimes,
provided the only serious evidence against the men.
The entire legal process was a travesty:
a private corporation (the #Reading#Railroad) set up the investigation through a private police force (the Pinkerton Detective Agency) and prosecuted them with their own company attorneys.
No jurors were Irish, though several were recent German immigrants who had trouble understanding the proceedings.
Nearly everything people “know” today about the Molly Maguires comes from Allan Pinkerton’s own work of fiction, "The Molly Maguires and the Detectives" (1877),
which he marketed as nonfiction.
His heavily biased book was the primary source for dozens of academic works, and for several pieces of fiction, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes novel, "Valley of Fear" (1915), and the 1970 Sean Connery film, "Molly Maguires."
According to legend, there was a widow living in Ireland in the 1840s named Molly Maguire,
who hated the landlords who were abusing the poor tenant farmers.
She supposedly carried a pistol strapped to each thigh.
She, or her followers, would beat or murder the tyrannical landlords, their agents, and bailiffs, whenever they tried to evict a tenant.
No one knows if she ever really existed, but other tenant farmer activists were said to cry out,
“Take that from a son of Molly Maguire!” when protesting against unscrupulous landlords.
Ecco una cosa assurda che ha trasformato la mia faccia in faccia scheletrino (💀). Dunque, mi servirebbe #testare una cosa (che a questo punto non dico ancora perché beh, si sono messe di mezzo le rogne) tramite interfaccia #SPI; il Raspino non posso usarlo perché non ho l’header per la #breadboard (dovrei comprarlo), e quindi uso il #NodeMCU. 🪨️
Boh, copio nel filesystem di #MicroPython i file della libreria che penso mi serva… e non va perché la versione di MP che ho è vecchia rispetto al #codice. Perdo tempo solo per backuppare tutti i file sul PC per poi riformattare la #flash della #board, poi quindi flasho il #firmware… e inizialmente sembra funzioni tutto, ma poi scopro che la #scheda si riavvia a caso quando collegata ad alcune porte #USB del PC. Collegandomi ad altre, invece, è la mia tastiera smette di funzionare (inizia a perdere tantissimi input). Sarà una regressione strana del firmware… penso. Avanti e indietro varie volte di ricopiare sul #MCU i file che avevo prima, nella speranza di continuare sulla mia strada, e invece ho perso solo tempo. E anche ora che ho rimesso (credo fosse quella, a memoria) la versione del firmware che avevo prima, 1.17, stesso casino (anche se i riavvii sono meno frequenti, ma ci sono). Dal portatile invece appare come dispositivo seriale, ma solo per degli istanti e poi non va più. 😶️
Che cavolo è successo? È la #megafine? Ho #flashato con il tool consigliato (anche con diverse modalità), e in ogni caso non ho avuto alcun errore (infatti beh, il #flashing è andato in sè sempre bene). Ormai io non. Quella cosa che dovevo provare dovrò farla con l’SDK C, perdendo un sacco di tempo perché sul #ESP8266 va riflashato l’intero firmware di base ogni volta che si compila uno sketch (~20 secondi a #compilazione?)… #mannaggia. Il #sasso mi ha lasciato metà a piedi. 😭️
Again, no mention of the #Board. #AlicePerkins, then #TimParker chaired the #PostOffice Board and should have been asking hard questions as soon as the first wisp of scandal appeared.
But unlike #PaulaVennells they both went to #Oxford.
Jonathan Evans and Alan Cook - the latter CEO of the Financial Ombudsman Service at the same time as being non-exec at the PO - why aren't they being mentioned? #PostOfficeScandal
In the old days, the Guardian would've been onto this.
New instance, new #introduction. I started on mastodon, but moved over to calckey for the extra features. Not wanting to be on one of the giant instances, I went for smaller, but had the bad luck of picking ones that shit down. So a few migrations later, I'm relocating here now.
At any rate, I'm just a guy in the #PNW that likes going on adventures and #travel, #hiking, and #backpacking. I'm also into #Board Games and #ttrpg, specifically #Pathfinder2e / #pf2e. While I've used #linux off and on for the last couple of decades, I recently switched to #PopOS and made that my daily driver. Online, I try to keep up on #privacy and local/national #politics without being overwhelmed or depressed... which is not easy to do.
I've got a black #cat named Nef, and sometimes find time for #baking and #knitting, though not as much anymore.
Our solid walnut paddle cutting board! Perfect for a little bit of charcuterie or cooking while camping. Each paddle has a beautiful, symmetrical grain pattern unique to each board.
Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 Card: Adapterkarte für vier flotte NVMe-SSDs
Wer viele schnelle SSDs einsetzen möchte, kann demnächst die erste PCIe-5.0-Adapterkarte für vier SSDs kaufen. Theoretisch sind so etwa 63 GByte/s möglich.
The entry into force of the Data Governance Act paves the way for a new European way of data governance in line with our values and fundamental #rights.
It will allow society and the economy to benefit from data sharing and will support the creation of common European #data spaces, from manufacturing to cultural heritage.
We are increasing trust in data sharing and creating a data #economy that is innovative and open to our conditions.
I bet you won’t be surprised to find out that in addition to forgetting that she had been vaping in a theater (and had been directly asked not to by a pregnant woman behind her), Lauren Boebert (R-CO) also forgot that she was not actually on the board of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts https://www.denvercenter.org/about-us/leadership/#board-of-trustees
What percentage of respondents said in the “State of #OffensiveSecurity” report that testing is highly effective in improving the #security of #IoT devices?
Does anyone have any experience with this? My wife and I love games and love adventures. We are always looking for new things to do and was wondering what people's experiences are with this. She loves Tarot and this keeps getting recommended to us online. Want to see what people think before we buy it
Nine Arches: Anyone played it before
Does anyone have any experience with this? My wife and I love games and love adventures. We are always looking for new things to do and was wondering what people's experiences are with this. She loves Tarot and this keeps getting recommended to us online. Want to see what people think before we buy it