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macroblogging social media site, mastodon.eskimo.com a federated microblogging site, and yacy.eskimo.com an uncensored federated search engine. All Free!
Chalk in oat milk: CWC Labs found calcium carbonate (ground-up chalk) in most commercial oat milk brands to enhance whiteness and creaminess, though lead/aluminum levels were within safe limits.
Over a million pregnant women in the Czech Republic were analyzed for a study conducted to see if the COVID-19 vaccines lead to unsuccessful births of their babies, and sure enough, the dirty, deadly clot shot jabs may be the culprit for at least one…
The dark side of CPS reveals a system in crisis. Child Protective Services has become a system filled with flawed practices, corruption, and profit-driven incentives. Instead of helping families, CPS often removes children based on biased data and questionable risk assessments, disproportionately targeting low-income and minority households.
States receive federal funding for placing children in foster care, creating perverse incentives for removals. Companies like Palantir and IBM provide predictive software that lacks transparency, influencing life-altering decisions through flawed algorithms.
Social media giants like Facebook, Google, and Twitter suppress discussions about CPS corruption, child trafficking, and government abuse. Posts are flagged, removed, or shadowbanned under vague terms like "misinformation" or "harmful content." These platforms work alongside government agencies to control narratives and silence whistleblowers. They also enable surveillance—tracking user behavior, locations, and communications—to monitor and suppress dissent.
Federal agencies such as HHS and DOJ collaborate with big tech to seal investigations, discredit whistleblowers, and bury reports on child trafficking and misconduct. Whistleblowers and journalists who expose systemic abuses often face intimidation or censorship.
Foster care has become a profitable industry. Private contractors like Deloitte and Palantir benefit from surveillance tools used to track families and justify removals. Federal incentives reward states for each child placed into foster care, encouraging removals for reasons that often reflect poverty rather than actual harm. This turns vulnerable children into financial assets.
Mainstream media outlets rarely investigate or expose these systemic failures. Instead, organizations like CNN, BBC, and the New York Times maintain a favorable narrative that protects public agencies and private interests. Stories of abuse, wrongful removals, and systemic corruption are often downplayed or ignored.
At its core, the U.S. child welfare system prioritizes power, profit, and control over the well-being of children. It is supported by a network of government agencies, corporations, tech giants, and media entities that profit from child removals and suppress dissent. Real reform requires ending the financial incentives, addressing systemic bias, and demanding accountability.
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
Yesterday someone asked if one could do something like this, here is my version, in case you missed it !
Here is the list of all the softwares in this picture : - Friendica - GNUSocial / Mastodon - Vernissage - Wordpress / Writefreely / Pixelfed - Loops - Jlai.lu (French lemmy instance) / Lemmy (with the lemmy.world logo because it's more colorful than the plain lemmy logo)
Feel free to share it anywhere you want 😀
If you have any idea for other meme of this type for the Fediverse, please send me a DM and I might make a nice graph like this for you !
Only one thing: Why should somebody who's over 60, but otherwise would answer any single other question with "no", not be allowed to stay off of social media as well?
People above a certain age should begin to avoid social media and stick with more private forms of communication like email, phone calls, signal messages and f2f discussions. Once your ability to tell fact from fiction deteriorates enough, announcing your opinions publicly becomes increasingly problematic.
Tiens tiens tiens well I happen to be French as well and I have already judged you (I hate you because you probably are on the wrong side of the chocolatine/pain au chocolat debate)
Qu'est-ce que tu viens juste de dire sur moi, espèce de malotru ? Je te ferais remarquer que j'ai gagné la médaille du meilleur artisan de France, option viennoiserie et j'ai participé à plus de 300 concours régionaux de boulanger-pâtissier en Gascogne. Je suis entraîné en choco 2 barres et 3 barres et je suis le meilleur en pâte feuilletée de tout le sud-ouest. Pour moi, tu n'es rien de plus qu'un client ordinaire. Je vais te vendre une chocolatine comme tu n'en as jamais goûté, tu t'en souviendras. Tu crois que tu peux t'en sortir aussi facilement en me parlant comme ça sur internet ? Essaie encore. Pendant qu'on est en train de parler, j'ai contacté un livreur deliveroo et on est en train de remonter ta trace, donc tu ferais mieux de te préparer à une sacrée régalade, mon gros poulet.
Le gars pense que les gens du sud-ouest savent faire de la pâte feuilletée, et il voudrait qu'on le prenne au sérieux. La seule pâte feuilletée digne de ce nom, on l'a fait dans le sud-EST. Amateur.
The amount of karma (points) on your comment and Lemmy account has decreased by one.
Why did you do this?
There are several reasons I may deem a comment to be unworthy of positive or neutral karma. These include, but are not limited to:
Rudeness towards other Lemmings,
Spreading incorrect information,
Sarcasm not correctly flagged with a /s.
Am I banned from the Lemmy?
No - not yet. But you should refrain from making comments like this in the future. Otherwise I will be forced to issue an additional downvote, which may put your commenting and posting privileges in jeopardy.
I don't believe my comment deserved a downvote. Can you un-downvote it?
Sure, mistakes happen. But only in exceedingly rare circumstances will I undo a downvote. If you would like to issue an appeal, shoot me a private message explaining what I got wrong. I tend to respond to Lemmy PMs within several minutes. Do note, however, that over 99.9% of downvote appeals are rejected, and yours is likely no exception.
How can I prevent this from happening in the future?
Accept the downvote and move on. But learn from this mistake: your behavior will not be tolerated on ^(?:(?:feddit\.(?:it|ie|uk|org|de|nl))|(?:lemmy\.(?:cafe|ml|ca|org|world|zip|nz))|(?:sh\.itjust\.works|programming\.dev|lemm\.ee|sopuli\.xyz|jlai\.lu|lemmy\.blahaj\.zone|lemmy\.dbzer0\.com|aussie\.zone|beehaw\.org|lemmy\.sdf\.org|slrpnk\.net))$. I will continue to issue downvotes until you improve your conduct. Remember: Lemmy is privilege, not a right.
Well, maybe, but if I had asked about Lemmy you wouldn't have given me a link, you'd have said "Fedi Reddit" and accurate or not that's all I would need to hear. I didn't get the feeling that this thing was just Instagram, so I was still a bit confused.
Vernissage is undersold here somehow - in terms of quality and steady, reasonable development without 100 side-projects and permanent babbling it has turned to my preferred choice of putting my pics online, also showing-off there of course! 😉
Basically Pixelfed - both focus on images but Vernissage has, IMHO, a more artistic and photographer-based approach showing camera models, lens, exposure and also GPS-tags if you want to.
Ein neues Kinderbuch! Yeah! Hab ich mit Jan Cronauer geschrieben. Tolle neue Charaktere & toll illustriert von Monströös. Gibt’s jetzt überall im Buchladen. Schaut & hört doch mal rein!
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
A Cooper’s hawk, a medium-sized raptor native to North America, appears to have learned how to adapt its hunting strategy and strike at a flock of birds precisely when cars at an intersection lined up after traffic lights switched to red, having been alerted by a sound signal that the red phase would last longer than usual. In the following guest editorial, he describes his observations.
Dr Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist who studies animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, is the author of a recently published Frontiers in Ethology article that documents the impressive adaptation of an avian newcomer to the city.
La sortie de l’UE est une nécessité. Car non, la « désobéissance européenne » n’est pas une alternative plus simple ou plus viable. Si elle se fait à droit constant, elle ne servira à rien puisque le Conseil d’Etat empêchera sa mise en œuvre, c’est son rôle. Si à l’inverse elle passe par un changement constitutionnel pour placer le droit français au-dessus du droit européen et ainsi toucher aux fondements économiques — austérité, libéralisation, droit du travail, concurrence —, elle conduirait exactement aux mêmes conflits avec Bruxelles que la sortie elle-même, puisque la libéralisation économique est le cœur de la construction européenne, l’essence de son existence même.
The next time astronauts land on the Moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in colour, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.
Kinderbücher werden üblicherweise nicht für Kinder produziert, sondern für Erwachsene. Denn Erwachsene sind es, die diese Bücher kaufen. Daher werden bei Kinderbüchern oft in erster Linie die Erwartungen der Erwachsenen erfüllt, anstatt die der Kinder. Ganz schlimm bei "pädagogisch wertvollen" Büchern. Kindern ist das bis zu einem gewissen Alter fast egal. Hauptsache bunt, verständlich und unterhaltsam. Die Gefahren von Indoktrination sind Kindern nicht bewußt. Wie auch? Die gesamte Kindheit besteht aus Indoktrination.
Schlimm ist z.B. dieses Kinderbuch über diesem Glitzerfisch, der seine Schuppen abgeben soll. Der hat nämlich ganz viele buntschillernde Schuppen, die im Dunkeln leuchten. Und er ist auch ein bisschen größer als die anderen Fische. Da denkt man doch sofort: Aha, wohl zu nah am Muroroa-Atoll vorbei geschwommen. Aber egal. Jedenfalls wird dieser Glitzerfisch von einem kleineren Fisch gefragt, ob er ihm eine von seinen Schuppen abgibt. Nun mag die Antwort vom Glitzerfisch etwas arrogant rüber gekommen sein, eventuell etwas harsch, jedenfalls war sie ablehnend. Das hat den kleine Fisch ganz, ganz traurig gemacht, heul, heul, und die anderen Fische hatten Mitleid und meinten so, ja das war voll gemein von dem bösen Glitzerfisch, und haben diesen dann geghostet. Da wurde es aber einsam um den Glitzerfisch; keine Bewunderung mehr, schade, schade. Da nützen die schönen Schuppen auch nicht mehr viel. Und er wurde dann ganz traurig. So wie der kleine Fisch, und irgendwie waren dann alle ganz traurig und zum Teil wütend. Und dann ist der Glitzerfisch auf die anderen Fische zu geschwommen, und hat mit denen seine Schuppen geteilt. Riesenparty und alle waren glücklich, jubel, jubel.
Wirklich? Die ganze Story ist doch auf so vielen Ebenen fehlerhaft! Ich meine, ich verstehe die Botschaft. Teilen macht Freude und Freunde. Da habe ich erst mal keine Einwände. Aber Kinder sind doch nicht bescheuert! Der Plot hat doch Lücken! Der offensichtlich strahlenverseuchte Glitzerfisch ist beispielsweise mit seinen auffälligen Leuchtschuppen ein ideales Opfer für Fressfeinde! Der sollte sehen, dass er die Schuppen los wird. Und warum wollen seine Kumpels die auffälligen Schuppen denn unbedingt? Sind die dumm? Und was ist das denn für ein kranker Twist, jemanden zu fragen, ob man Teile dessen Körpers rausrupfen, und sich selbst anpinnen darf? Ich sage doch auch nicht bei einer attraktiv manikürten Frau: Oh wie schön! Darf ich dir einen Fingernagel raußreißen und ihn mir mit Spucke ankleben? Das wäre doch mindestens respektlos. Und von dem Mobbing der anderen Fische fange ich mal gar nicht erst an. Der Glitzerfisch kann schließlich nichts dafür, dass er schöne Schuppen hat und die anderen nicht. Und dass die mit ihrem Mobbing am Ende zum Erfolg kommen, dass man am Besten einknickt, wenn man eine Mehrheit gegen sich hat, dass man einfach einen Teil seiner Identität und Individualität aufgeben muss, um von anderen akzeptiert und respektiert zu werden, das scheint mir auf den ersten Blick pädagogisch jetzt auch nicht so wertvoll.
Was ist denn, wenn sich der Glitzerfisch an seinen ganzen Schuppenstummeln eine Infektion holt, und nach ein paar Tagen mit dem Bauch nach oben schwimmt. Und wie lange die abgestorbenen Schuppen noch hübsch in in den Schuppenkleidern der anderen Fische funkeln, steht auch in den Sternen. Das gammelt doch mit der Zeit weg! Wem ist denn dann geholfen?
Ich pitche mal "Glitzerfisch 2 - The Rise of the Glitter": Glitzerfisch treibt aufgrund allgemeiner Schwäche und der Infektion seiner Schuppenstummel siechend langsam an die Meeresoberfläche, wird aber aus dem Meer gefischt, und zwar von einem Meeresbiologen auf einem Forschungsschiff, der den Glitzerfisch im letzen Moment das Leben rettet, und auch seinem Geheimnis auf die Spur kommt: Big Glitzi hat tatsächlich irgendwann, irgendwo eine zu hohe Strahlendosis abbekommen. Leider hat sich sein Organismus dadurch insofern verändert, dass er auf die Strahlung jetzt angewiesen ist, um fit zu bleiben. Die Mehresbiologin (besser eine Frau besetzen; support feminism!) setzt ihn daher erneut radioaktiver Strahlung aus (versunkenes russisches Uboot, oder so). Leider übertreibt sie dabei ein wenig. Der Glitzerfisch wird noch ein bisschen größer, seine Leuchtschuppen wachsen strahlender als je zuvor nach, er verfügt über Superkräfte und kann über Wasser atmen. Er kämpft sich dank seiner neuen Fähigkeiten irgendwie aus seiner "Gefangenschaft", wie er seine Rettung jetzt empfindet, und geht über Bord weg von der attraktiven rothaarigen Meeresbiologin zurück ins Meer. Was will er da? Ist doch klar. Seine neuen Superkräfte treffen auf ein untrainiertes Aggressionspotential. Der will Rache an den Mobbern. Schlussblende.
So etwas würden Kinder kaufen! Und dann auf Teil 3 warten: "Glitzerfisch 3 - The Return of the Glitter"
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Is this burning an eternal flame?
I believe it's meant to be, darling I watch you when you are sleeping You belong with me Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Or is this burning (burning) an eternal flame?
Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely And then come and ease the pain I don't want to lose this feeling, oh
Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely And then come and ease the pain I don't want to lose this feeling, oh
Close your eyes, give me your hand Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Is this burning an eternal flame?
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Oh (an eternal flame)
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Is this burning an eternal flame?
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Written by: Susanna Lee Hoffs, Thomas F. Kelly, William E. Steinberg Album: Everything Released: 1988
The next time astronauts land on the Moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in colour, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.
🚨 BREAKING: Georgia Senate Launches New Investigation Into Fani Willis and Stacey AbramsUnder a brand-new state law, District Attorney Fani Willis and polit...
Im currently trying to get my Keyboards software to work on linux, but since that won‘t be a thing, like ever, im trying to Reverse engineer the software in order to copy the get and set requests the Software sends over USB and send them over a Python Script using libUSB, so I can control it independent of OS
So I set up my Wireshark with a USB snooper and started using the software
Only problem: Since I have no idea how a Keyboard usually communicates, so I have no idea what to look for. Can someone recommend me some already reverse engeneered FOSS Keyboard software as an example? (Like the wooting software, if its even OSS)
Unless the vendor is rolling something super custom, for the communication TO the keyboard, it should use USB HID.
Start Wireshark, filter for hid, connect the KB and the first message should be a HID descriptor of the KB, look for Output Reports (it's meant from the POV of the usb master) or Feature Reports. Though, this will probably not yield much insight - vendors love to do the easy thing, reserve opaque 32x8 bytes as a "downlink" Output communication in the Vendor Usage Page and stuff their own protocol/encoding in there.
On linux I can recommend hid-tools for working with this, in windows I believe your only solution is Wireshark.
E: About the already reversedsoftware, for logitech (and more) stuff, there is piper but you will want to look into the underlying daemon libratbag, there is also solaar
I reversed engineered a keyboard for a presentation in uni. I’ll drop you an excerpt of a written review:
Resources used I learned the USB protocol from this (the relevant parts I needed). We’re thinking of including some basic understanding of the USB protocol in the slides. beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/us… I got an idea of what could be going on from the following link, specifically the section I’ve set. github.com/openrazer/openrazer… I deciphered the protocol using the USBHID packets that would be sent. I was highly sure it was USBHID from a pointer from another Linux community member, but this article was my third source to confirming this. hackaday.com/2020/04/14/revers… One of the sources for information to develop these procedures was from the openRGB wiki. This stream has to do with reversing using URB. I find this might be out of scope, and it would’ve been way tougher to reverse engineer with this.
Feel free to ask as needed here. Spam the requests on the software while monitoring wireshark to be sure of what is what.
The other large comment by “taaz” is also very useful and parts of which I did use while reverse engineering.
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"project esther: a national strategy to combat antisemitism"
"anti-israel, anti-zionist[..]is part of a global hamas support network (hsn) that is trying to compel the u.s.
A Baptist refugee charity group in North Carolina is welcoming some newly-arrived white South Africans with furnished apartments, following the departure of an Episcopal group from a taxpayer-funded refugee program due to the inclusion of said Afrika…
In this 2022 article, the daughter says she’s not allowed to talk about the case. 🤔🤔🤔 Weaponized system again? They were cleared of Georgia charges says the article. resistthemainstream.com/tv-sta…
#Palestine / Israeli Prison Authority accused of humiliating a Jewish anti-war activist, threatening to tattoo a Star of David on his face
Itamar Greenberg, an anti-war activist, was arrested during a protest. He alleges that Israeli Prison Authority (Shabas) officials forced him to wear a shirt with the slogan “The Jewish people live” (עם ישראל חי) and threatened to tattoo a Star of David on his face. This incident is not isolated, as similar incidents have been recorded recently involving Palestinian hostages brought into Israel from #Gaza. Upon their release, these hostages were also forced to wear shirts with demeaning slogans. Shabas’ spokesperson claimed that the shirt was changed for Greenberg’s safety.
[…] Greenberg recounts: "When we went down in the elevator, which is small, they also threatened me. One of them said: 'I'll make you far-right, a kippah with a Star of David, come put on tefillin, are you a Jew with a circumcised penis?' It was really unpleasant.
[…] Greenberg waited about two hours in the cell. Before he was released, a senior Shabas officer arrived "with three falafels (police rank) and the writing 'מפק"ץ' [officer in charge]. She photographed me with her phone. I thought she was doing it to check the issue, because they told her what happened in the hearing.
[…] "Later, when I came to be released, another Shabas man with two falafels (prison guard rank) said to me: 'What is this shirt, you're not leaving with it.' I said to him: 'Of course I'm leaving with it. You shamed me, you tried to insult me, and I demand documentation of this.' He said to me: 'I hope you get kidnapped,' and the officer said: 'Amen, thanks to all the prayers and all the righteous people, have fun in the tunnels, go to Gaza.' They said: 'I hope an Iranian missile falls on your head.' Another one said to me: 'Next time you're arrested, we'll tattoo a Star of David on your face,' assuming like they did to a Palestinian detainee. Within all this conversation, I understood that if I refused, they would hit me, so I took off the shirt."
Tous les soirs, ou du moins, très souvent, au coucher, alors que je m’allonge au sol, je suis envahi d’une inexplicable vague de bonheur.Les bords de mes lèvres s’étirent en un sourire.me voilà heu…
plant offenbar eine elektronische Steuererklärung, die von der Finanzbehörde auf der Basis der ihr ohnehin zur Verfügung stehenden Informationen ausgefüllt wird, die dabei pauschale Abzüge vornimmt und sie dann dem Bürger zur Freigabe elektronisch vorlegt. Wenn ich das richtig verstanden habe, wird die Besteuerung allein auf Einnahmen-Ausgabenrechnung umgestellt. Keine komplizierten Abzüge, Abschreibungen, Hinzurechnungen etc.
Eine bisher notwendige Aufschlüsselung des VERMÖGENS und des PRIVATEN VERBRAUCHS (für was auch immer man das in der sozialistischen Form der Einkommensteuererklärung gebraucht hat), verbunden mit eidesstattlichen Versicherungen ist nicht mehr erforderlich. Eventuelle zu versteuernde Einnahmen werden offenbar automatisch aus den bekannten Daten ermittelt, wozu offenbar auch die Umsatzsteuererklärung gehören kann (bin mir da aber nicht ganz sicher), und unter Berücksichtigung pauschaler Abzüge ermittelt. Ziel ist eine maximale Verwaltungsvereinfachung und eine vollständige Anonymität der privaten Ausgaben der Bürger.
Was damit ab dem Steuerjahr 2025 auch entfallen wird, ist die in Argentinien eigentlich zwingende Voraussetzung, einen Steuerberater zu beschäftigen. Jeder kann offenbar bei Einverständnis durch schlichte Zahlung seinen Besteuerungsvorgang abschließen.
Unter Milei ist der Bürger halt wieder Souverän. Oder wie sein Wirtschaftsminister es kürzlich formuliert hat: Wenn der Staat will, dass die Bürger ihm vertrauen, muss er zuerst ihnen vertrauen. Die meisten Bürger sind ehrlich.
“the system will practically exclude those with mobility issues, force further displacement, expose thousands of people to harm, make aid conditional on political and military aims, and set an unacceptable precedent for aid delivery around the world.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gep7…
#Gelsenkirchen: Sie wollte einfach frei sein, in einem freien Land. Neun Kinder haben keine Mutter mehr. Enkelkinder keine Oma mehr. Denn Vater und Opa #Akram A. (52) hat sie umgebracht.
Die #Irakerin #Rasmiye A. (46) wollte nur so leben, wie sie es will.
Fünf Jugendliche nach brutalem Raub in Innsbruck festgenommen
Bereits Mitte Mai wurde ein junger Mann von mehreren Jugendlichen in Innsbruck brutal ausgeraubt. Nun sitzen alle Tatverdächtigen in Haft. allgaeuer-zeitung.de/oesterrei…
In Saudi Arabia 'disobedient' women are incarcerated for rehabilitation.... This is inhumane & a violation of human rights.
But, of course, 150 years ago we were doing something similar with early mental hospitals & other institutions aimed at 'caring' for 'hysterical' women.
This is in no way to defend the contemporary practice, but more to point out its hardly unprecedented in the annals of violence to women.
Solving a boot-time power challenge on PoE+ x86 systems by creating our own UEFI app to handle LLDP power negotiation at the firmware level, allowing our machines to request higher power from network switches before the OS loads.
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" #France is fighting against #Russia because its long-range missiles are being used by the Nazi regime in Kiev to attack the territory of the Russian Federation. And these are mainly attacks on civilian targets,” - #Lavrov said"
The Level Design Book gathers level design knowledge for 3D video games in an approachable, up-to-date, and critical way. It is for designers of all experience levels and game engines.
A fast website is a powerful one. It welcomes visitors, boosts your rankings, and fuels your goals. Image compression, caching, and CDNs are the foundation of that power.
Your website is your digital handshake—a first impression that can inspire or disappoint. A slow site sends visitors running, but a fast one captivates them, boosts your brand, and elevates your success.
Want to create a seamless online experience? Focus on three powerful strategies:
Image compression
Caching
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
These aren’t just technical fixes—they’re your path to a world-class website.
🖼️ Image Compression: Make Every Pixel Count
Images bring your site to life, but oversized ones can choke its performance. A single unoptimized image can turn a snappy page into a sluggish one, driving away your audience.
Imagine packing a sleek sports car with heavy luggage—it won’t perform at its best. A 5MB image can often be compressed to 200KB without losing its spark.
Here’s how to optimize:
Choose formats wisely:
- JPEG for rich photos
- PNG for transparent graphics
- WebP for cutting-edge efficiency
Resize images to match your site’s needs:
If your layout uses 800px-wide images, don’t upload a 4000px version.
Use free tools:
Try TinyPNG, Squoosh, or ImageOptim to shrink file sizes while keeping visuals crisp.
✅ Optimizing images can transform load times, especially for visually rich sites like portfolios or online stores.
💾 Caching: Build Once, Use Often
Your site’s core elements—logos, fonts, styles—stay the same across pages. Reloading them for every visitor is like rewriting a book for each reader. Caching changes that.
By storing these elements, caching lets browsers and servers reuse them, slashing load times and creating a smoother experience.
Here’s what you need to know:
Browser caching:
Saves files on users’ devices for faster return visits.
Server-side caching:
Stores pre-built pages to ease server strain.
Plugins:
Tools like WP Rocket for WordPress make caching a breeze.
💡 Most hosting providers offer caching solutions. Reach out to yours to enable them and unlock instant speed gains.
🌐 CDNs: Bring Your Site to the World
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is like a global network of express delivery hubs for your website. It stores static content—images, scripts, fonts—on servers worldwide, ensuring users get data from the closest location.
If your site’s hosted in London but a visitor’s in Sydney, a CDN delivers content from an Australian server, cutting wait times dramatically. It also boosts reliability during traffic spikes.
Popular CDN options:
Cloudflare – Great for small sites, offers a free plan
Akamai
Amazon CloudFront
⚡ Why Speed Defines Your Success
A fast website isn’t just a technical win—it’s a competitive edge:
SEO: Google prioritizes speed, lifting faster sites higher in search results.
Engagement: Quick pages keep visitors exploring and clicking.
Mobile: Speed is critical for users on slower networks.
> ⚠️ A one-second delay can cut conversions by 7%, per studies. Don’t let slow loading dim your site’s potential.
🛠 Your Path to Speed
Start by measuring your site’s performance with tools like:
Google PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix
WebPageTest
They’ll pinpoint what’s holding you back. Then take action:
Compress your largest images for immediate impact.
Enable caching through your CMS or hosting provider.
Set up a CDN like Cloudflare to reach global audiences faster.
🔧 Each step brings you closer to a site that shines.
👨🎨 Partnering with a Web Designer?
If you're collaborating with a web designer or custom web design services, insist on speed optimization. Ask:
✅ Are images optimized for performance?
✅ Is caching fully implemented?
✅ Is a CDN part of the plan?
If these aren’t priorities, your site’s not built to compete.
🧵 The Vision
A fast website is a powerful one. It welcomes visitors, boosts your rankings, and fuels your goals.
Image compression, caching, and CDNs are the foundation of that power.
🚀 Start today, and create a digital experience that inspires.
Welcome Back To the Channel! In today's episode we convert This Awesome Machine from Carburated to fuel Injected! This ride features a big block and an F3 pr...
Limestone, a sedimentary rock rich in calcite, forms the foundational layer for many construction materials. In aggregate production, the transformation from raw limestone boulders to graded aggregate is not a simple one-step process. It demands a mechanical choreography of crushing stages, orchestrated primarily by jaw crushers and impact crushers. Together, these quarry crusher machines provide a calibrated approach to size reduction and shaping that meets stringent industry specifications for road base, concrete, and asphalt production.
Initial Fragmentation in the Quarry
The role of the jaw crusher in primary crushing
The quarry face is where the journey begins. Excavators dislodge limestone blocks, which are then loaded into the feed hopper of the jaw crusher. This primary crushing unit utilizes a fixed jaw and a moving jaw to compress and fracture large rocks down to manageable sizes, typically between 100 mm to 300 mm.
The jaw crusher’s mechanical advantage lies in its ability to handle large feed sizes and deliver a uniform output with minimal fines. Operating at a low reduction ratio, it prioritizes capacity and durability over precise particle shaping. This rugged crushing mechanism is essential in removing oversized material before it clogs downstream processing equipment.
Characteristics of limestone relevant to crushing
Limestone’s compressive strength, typically in the range of 30 to 250 MPa, makes it a relatively soft and friable rock compared to igneous stones. Its natural cleavage planes facilitate breakage along stratified lines, reducing energy consumption in the primary crushing stage. However, its abrasion index must be accounted for when selecting wear-resistant jaw plates, especially in high-throughput quarries.
Secondary Refinement through Impact Crushing
How impact crushers shape and size limestone aggregate
Following primary reduction, the intermediate-sized limestone enters the impact crusher, which performs a dual function: fragmentation and shaping. These machines accelerate particles toward stationary anvils or rotating hammers, inducing impact forces that fracture the material along its weakest planes. The high-velocity collision creates angular, cubical particles, ideal for high-performance concrete and bituminous mixtures.
Unlike compression crushers, impact crushers produce a finer and more consistent gradation. This makes them indispensable in refining limestone for graded aggregate standards, such as ASTM C33 or EN 12620.
Advantages of impact crushing in limestone processing
Impact crushers deliver more than just particle reduction—they optimize particle morphology. The consistent cubical shape enhances interlocking behavior in concrete, improving compressive strength and durability. Moreover, by adjusting the rotor speed and gap settings, operators can fine-tune output to meet varying end-use requirements, from sub-base to surface-course aggregates.
The open rotor design and hydraulic apron adjustments also facilitate easy maintenance and reduced downtime, making them an efficient choice for limestone, which naturally produces dust and fines.
Synergistic Efficiency in Aggregate Production
Integrating jaw and impact crushers for a streamlined flow
The real advantage emerges when jaw crushers and impact crushers operate in tandem. The jaw limestone crusher executes the initial bulk reduction, ensuring material flow is continuous and consistent. Once crushed to a manageable size, the material is seamlessly transferred via conveyor to the impact crusher for refinement.
This multi-stage configuration eliminates bottlenecks, reduces recirculation, and enhances overall plant throughput. Additionally, energy consumption is optimized as the burden of size reduction is intelligently distributed between machines based on their mechanical strengths.
Final aggregate characteristics and applications
The result is an aggregate that is well-graded, angular, and mechanically stable. It meets the specifications required for various applications, from rigid pavement layers to railway ballast and structural concrete. The seamless integration of jaw and impact crushing not only ensures operational efficiency but also yields a product that enhances construction longevity and performance.
In an industry where every millimeter matters, the symbiosis between jaw and impact crushers has become the cornerstone of modern limestone aggregate production. From boulder to base course, this engineered process ensures each particle is purpose-built for the demands of tomorrow’s infrastructure.
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