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augieray, 3 days ago to random

Is this one of those "good guys with a gun?" An armed off-duty security guard thought three teens were going to rob a store. They weren't; they were returning a BB gun. Now one of the teens is dead because the wannabe hero shot one of the kids and "stood over the teen on the ground and continued to fire." Big man hero is in jail on charges of for second-degree murder. If he hadn't been armed, he would've dialed 911, he'd be free, and the kid would be alive.
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-shot-renton-big-5-sporting-goods

kde, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to kde

You heard #Adobe. Deep down you knew this was coming. Now all your art are belong to them. Time to move on to better things...

Kreative Suite

• Krita is your new design/painting app
• Kdenlive will give you video-editing powers
• glaxnimate adds 2D vector animations to you videos
• digiKam organises your collection images

https://kde.org/for/creators/
Also:

• Inkscape - create sophisticated vector-graphic designs
• Scribus - layout like a pro
• GIMP - need we say more
• Blender - ditto

@kde

AkaSci, 6 days ago to random

A rare tornado just went thru heavily populated Montgomery County, MD, northwest of Washington D.C. Now headed towards Baltimore.

Not sure if it touched down or caused heavy damage.

Image credit: Victor T.
1/n

skrishna, 8 days ago to space

INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.

Image credit: CNSA

#space #science #moon #spaceflight

the moon’s surface looking browinsh gray, not a lot of large rocks
The moon’s surface with one black and gold lander leg in the photo
A wide angle shot with the lander leg in the front and the moon in the distance

moxxi, 7 days ago to Dog

Happy International Corgi Day !

#InternationalCorgiDay #Dog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Corgi #CorgisOfMastodon #Mastodogs #Mastodog #DogsOfFediverse #FediDogs #PetsOfMastodon #Tuesdog

bitsunited, 8 days ago to random German

Webfund.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1d7lfrk/littlebillyignoreinstructions/

randahl, 8 days ago to random

Finally it looks like the new Kharkiv offensive is beginning to fall apart for Putin. According to multiple reports, a large number of Russian soldiers have surrendered to the Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade in Vovchansk.

Recently, I saw a video of a Russian soldier criticizing his orders in strong terms, because dozens of his comrades had been killed.

This is the problem with Putin’s meat assaults — humans have a way of not wanting to die.

video/mp4

evanprodromou, 8 days ago to fediverse

I’m excited to say that I turned in my manuscript for the ActivityPub book for O’Reilly Media today. I started working on it in September of 2023, with a lot of interim checkpoints and deadlines since. In April 2024, I finished the first draft of the manuscript. Over the month of May, I’ve been working on improvements suggested by the technical reviewers who agreed to look over the book, and from my own re-read.

In total, my TODO file for this month has about 250 changes to be made. Some are small — just changing a word or two — but one required adding a whole new chapter, and many required multi-paragraph sections.

I took the last week of May off from my work at Open Earth Foundation to concentrate on making changes. My team was really supportive, which I deeply appreciated. I went to our country house in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, and I spent the week writing, editing, drawing and thinking.

Now, the next stage of book making starts: production. The production team at O’Reilly will be copyediting, indexing, and laying out the book. Their designers will be taking my UML diagrams and turning them into professional-looking illustrations. We have two rounds of quality control on code samples and fact checking on content.

In September 2024, the final e-book will be available for sale. I’ll have a link here for the pre-sale version when it comes out. If you’re eager to read the book, I highly recommend reviewing the early release version.

Thanks so much to my friends, family and colleagues who’ve made space and time for me to do this work. It has meant a lot to me. I hope the final product helps more developers create cool projects using ActivityPub.

https://evanp.me/2024/06/03/i-turned-in-my-manuscript/

#activitypub #book

thresfold, 8 days ago to random

Detail from clp 220524 🔍

#penplotter

image/jpeg

mikemunyi, 8 days ago to random

What's next for Esteban Ocon in F1 after Alpine departure?
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/whats-next-for-esteban-ocon-in-f1-after-alpine-departure/10619477/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into F1 @f1

alexwild, 8 days ago to random

A gallery of fireflies:

#insects #Lampyridae #Fireflies

https://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Fireflies

dev, 8 days ago to random

I’ve found the best wifi name. In awe of whoever’s network it is. ᓚᕠᗢ.

(Figured out the symbols after consulting a Unicode consortium friend)

arstechnica, 8 days ago to random

Google accidentally published internal Search documentation to GitHub

Commit snafu slapped an irrevocable Apache 2.0 license on confidential API Docs.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/google-accidentally-published-internal-search-documentation-to-github/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomsart, 8 days ago to Bloomscrolling

#Bloomscrolling from sunset #hiking at Dog Mountain a few days ago. The hills are alive with the sound of balsam root jumping around! Mainly because it was pretty windy! Also around were paintbrush here and there, lots of cow-parsnip(?) and occasional chocolate lily! Seems like the lupines are finished for the season.

Bright yellow sunflower-like balsam root in the lower foreground, a bunch of long stalked white cow-parsnip(?), and trees in the background with blue sky visible through the branches.
A single tree that seems to be dancing in a field of blossoming balsomroot under a blue sky.
Chocolate Lily, aka checker lily, aka Fritillaria affinis. Small flowers that have a kind of mottled texture of dark red with yellow sprinkles.

skrishna, 8 days ago to space

In other news, because there isn’t enough going on this week: is Hubble transitioning to one gyro mode??

For more on that: https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes

#space #science #nasa #hubble

futurebird, 8 days ago to random

Kittens, have met their match!

Eartha Kitt with Cats.

(photo by Gordon Parks, 1952)

lashman, 8 days ago to art

oh hey, i did a quick doodle today :) hope you like it! :BlobhajBlanketBlue:

#art #sketch #doodle

timelapse of the drawing

mcc, 11 days ago to random

I think my favorite program in the entire linux/unix toolchain is "file". Did you even know about this program? It's on every system including MacOS and it's magic. You run it on any file and it just tells you what it is. Any file. I don't know who keeps this updated but it supports surprising things. Like it knows Windows file formats. If it's a executable it tells you if it's 32- or 64- bit. If it's an image it tells you the size and channels. If the file extension lies it just figures it out.

davidrevoy, 12 days ago to random

Happy 25th anniversary, Krita!

https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/krita-25-years/

#krita

randahl, 11 days ago to random

When you meet someone in real life who is on X, who does not understand the value of switching to Mastodon, I recommend telling them that unlike X…

1. Mastodon is both free and ad free for all users

2. Everyone gets the same set of features, so editing typos or writing longer posts is not reserved for the rich kids.

3. There is no algorithm, so everyone's content spreads if we the users decide it is great content.

zackwhittaker, 11 days ago to random

BREAKING: Live Nation has confirmed Ticketmaster was hacked. The company says personal information was stolen, though has yet to say who (likely customers).

A cybercriminal claims to be selling 560 million customer records on a known cybercrime forum.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/31/live-nation-confirms-ticketmaster-was-hacked-says-personal-information-stolen-in-data-breach/

jaz, 13 days ago to trustandsafety

There are over 20,000 servers on the Fediverse today. Each one of them in some part responsible for moderating the entire network.

No matter how big or small or personal or public your server is, IFTAS Connect can be a resource for you!

➡️ https://connect.iftas.org

The community library is open to all, no sign-up required. Resources for moderators and community managers of any and all platforms. Tell your neighbourhood admin!

@moderation #TrustAndSafety #Moderation
#FediMods #MastoMods

ricmac, 13 days ago to random

This is my favourite yet, especially the Beatles reference… #googleaioverviews (via https://www.instagram.com/p/C7btGs-Bovd/?igsh=MWgyeHVnMGZmaWZ2MA==)

kjaymiller, 15 days ago to random

I hope folks in the US remember this #MemorialDay, Since 9/11 - more service members and veterans die by suicide than combat every year.

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009846329/military-suicides-deaths-mental-health-crisis

I'm a veteran and I struggle with depression and PTSD. I lost one of my brothers-in-arms and groomsmen to drug abuse and suicide. There isn't a week that goes by where I don't think of him; today I write this through ... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202405272047.html

buru5, 15 days ago to random

cartoon portrait of me circa 2019 or so. this was at a work thing, and the artist talked to me for about 30 minutes before doing the sketch, hence the cats and speech bubble contents.