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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 8h

This looks like a fantastic release, from my favourite publisher, #Verso: www.versobooks.com/products/3514-pa… From the blurb: Ghassan Kanafani’s remarkable extended essay _Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Just scanning the latest newsletter from Rossiter Books, when Amy Jeffs' latest book, _Arthur: A New Life_, caught my eye. I wasn't familiar with her work, but have now ordered a secondhand copy of _Saints: Medieval Legends of Heroes, Humans and Magic_ to kick off my journey. For those who are […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Should be a blast! Hope to see you there. :) > Join Cheltenham Green Party on Saturday, 7th November as we celebrate the incredible local musicians, artists and creatives... We want to platform talented individuals whilst spreading positivity and uniting local communities, showcasing how we can […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Jobs saw the iPhone as a phone. 🤔 I mean the telephone had a good run. :P Cal Newport, writing in 2019: > When the iPhone was first introduced there was no App Store, and this was by design. As Andy Grignon, an original member of the iPhone team, told me when I was researching this topic, Mr […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

[The Gaza Strip and the West Bank] Some striking images and animations around the divisions and restrictions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, both right now, and, in the case of the latter, historically. (Visit the linked newsletter for that one.) I've […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A map of Gaza, highlighting the extensive "No-go zone" created by Israeli partitioning. The original caption read: The Israeli army is pushing beyond the Yellow Line, to which it had previously withdrawn under the truce, and as of early August 2026 controlled 65 to 70 per cent of the strip. The Orange Line designates areas to coordinate humanitarian aid deliveries. Source: Crisis Group research, OSM, as of August 2026 / CRISIS GROUP

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lj·rk @ljrk.todon.eu.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Finished "Circe" by Madeline Miller and it was captivating indeed. If you know your Greek mythology, many of the plot points won't be surprising for you of course, but it is the in-between she fills with life: Many tales contain Circe, be it the Iliad, Odyssey or Telegony, the Argonautica, and […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Daniel Miessler — of, amongst other things, the highly-recommended newsletter, Unsupervised Learning — has created a site for easily reading the Jim Legge translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: theteching.io Neat! :) #publicdomain #philosophy #taoteching

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Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu, all 81 chapters, in James Legge’s 1891 translation with its diction lightly revised.

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

As Cory Doctorow notes, "Big Tech has proved that its only principles are not paying taxes, invading your privacy, and not being broken up by antitrust enforcers." So they've effectively joined the Trump regime, and any nation that dares challenge them risks a a great deal […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Great results for the Robins on the weekend! What a brill start to the season! ⚽️ 💪 🙌 Chuffed to see us on the 'fan reel' the club shared later. 😁 #cheltenhamtown #ctfc #robins #skybetleague2 #football

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Friend sent me this and I feel attacked #books #TBR #Tsundoku

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New post out: There's going to be a lot of talk about wealth taxes in the run up to the budget. So we asked one of the country's leading experts to give us a ten year plan for doing it right. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

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A 10 year programme for an incoming government

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@fullywoolly/117013… I didn't get interviewed for this article, but at least they briefly mentioned one of the two recent Saskatchewan debris falls, and used it to introduce this quote which is going to keep me awake for a few nights: "The company [SpaceX] […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Obduracy: weapons-grade stubbornness Huh. TIL. #wotd

Results of a search on the differences between obstinacy and obduracy, highlighting points under intent, severity and even morality.

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Andres @andres4ny.social.ridetrans.it.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

That time in 2014 when I won a chicken coop in a raffle, but there were no ziptrucks available and it didn't fit in my friend's car - so I biked it home. I just happened to be wearing a #Seattle #DisasterReliefTrials t-shirt at the time. #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics

A bakfiet-style cargo bike with white frame, parked in a big parking lot. There's no box on the bike, just the front platform. On the platform, strapped on is an 8ft tall wooden chicken coop; it's a 4x4 wood box on legs. There's a door w/ mesh, etc. In the background, a truck with a platform that says "salt box designs.com"

That same white cargo bike, parked in my driveway in a residential area. Another side view, with the same chicken coop strapped onto the bike but from the opposite side. This side is just a wooden wall, no door or mesh to see into the coop. I'm standing at the bike, hands on the handlebars and seat, one food (in flip-flops, 'cuz that's how I roll) on the top bar. I'm wearing a white helmet, jeans, and a bright orange t-shirt that reads "Seattle WA Disaster Relief Trials 2013", and grinning. There's also a white pannier attached to the rear rack of the bike, filled with some kind of plant poking out of the top of the bag.

Same white bike and chicken coop, this time from the front. I'm sitting on the bike saddle, but all you can see is my face; the rest is blocked by the chicken coop. The coop lefts are straight up in the air. The coop is probably 5-6ft wide, when viewed from the front. The wall on this side is solid wood.

Another view of the bike in the big parking lot, this time from the back. Here you can see the bakfiet has a mixe-style top bar, and then handlebars. The chicken coop entrance is visible, just an oval hole probably about a foot tall in an otherwise solid wall. There's also mesh on the bottom of the coop.

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Returned to The Plough yesterday, as part of a day trip to #Worcester, for the first time in fifteen years; maybe more. The landlord had a wry smile as she said, "Probably hasn't changed much." 😂 And that's a good thing! :) Lovely spot, fantastic selection of beer... As I said to them on the […]

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Tommaso Gagliardoni @tomgag.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Codeberg community voted to ban AI-generated code in repositories: codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/125… I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development. And still I think this […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

This last day I’ve been bombarded with some very angry comments from people who want me to follow a different set of rules, where discussing “politics” is discouraged or requires a warning. That might be what people on some other instances want, but it simply doesn’t work for me, which is why […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

What a great gig! 🤘 #nunsofthetundra #cardiff Loved the venue as well; what a gem! 🤘 #fuelrockclub #livemusic

Greyscale shot of the Guitar Hero full-cabinet arcade game, in a corner of the Fuel Rock Club, in Cardiff. There's a text overlay of "oh, heck yeah! 🤘"

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Lovely day in #Cardiff 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A brick facade with a hint of a rooftop garden, shot from street level.

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

👏 #juliabuckley #cateccles #severnTrent #stw From Julia Buckley MP's bookface post: "... I have joined fellow MPs in co-signing this letter to Severn Trent Water urging the company to reconsider plans to significantly increase executive bonuses to as much as […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Page 1 of the full text of Cat Eccles MP's letter to the CEO of Severn Trent Water.

Page 2 of the same letter, signed by 21 MPs (including the author).

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/11692… Ogders is open about how her work is funded. She 'is very clear that the platforms need tighter regulation. “We need to prosecute the perpetrators of online harm and the tech companies that allow horrible things – sextortion […]

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Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight.spacey.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Simple sugars such as #erythrulose can react to form ribonucleotides, the building blocks of what was probably the first genetic material, #RNA. As early life evolved, #DNA arose as a more robust store for genetic code, with RNA becoming the intermediary between genes and the proteins from which […]

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JJ :xubuntu: @jlj.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Neat to see #Berwick in the news; spent quite a lot of time there when I was younger, visiting my folks. "... The town is utilizing a hydroelectric dam, which has been operating since 1921, a wind farm and a solar garden in an effort to become a zero-emission community. So far, approximately 60 […]

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