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if you've been thinking about running in elections for the gnome foundation's board of directors, this weekend is a good time to post your candidacy. tuesday is the deadline.
i wrote a blurb you might want to read if you're not sure what sitting on the board entails:
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This month, we have decided against collecting donations for our Mastodon servers, as there is a more pressing issue: not enough humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The Gaza strip needs over 500 trucks of food and medical supplies per day, with currently only a few dozen entering overall.
The problem isn't money, but with over 310 UNRWA, and over 400 humanitarian aid staff in total, killed in Gaza, the problem is also money.
I urge you to donate whatever you would donate to mastodon.de to this humanitarian aid campaign by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees: 👉 donate.unrwa.org/int/en/gaza
It would be wrong to ask of your donations, when this social network would still exist next month without them, the same cannot be said for Gaza.
Enjoy the heartfelt ballad "Leave A Light On" by Belinda Carlisle, featuring an official HD music video that beautifully conveys the song's emotional depth. From the Runaway Horses (30th Anniversary Edition) album, this track showcases Carlisle's stunning vocals and poignant lyrics, making it a timeless classic.
🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵: Take my hand, tell me what you are feeling Understand this is just the beginning Although I have to go, it makes me feel like crying I don't know when I'll see you again
Darling, leave a light on for me I'll be there before you close the door To give you all the love that you need Darling, leave a light on for me 'Cause when the world takes me away You are still the air that I breathe
I can't explain, I don't know Just how far I have to go But, darling, I'll keep the key Just leave a light on for me
Yes I know, what I'm asking is crazy You could go and just get tired of waiting But if I lose your love, torn out by my desire That would be the one regret of my life
Darling, leave a light on for me I'll be there before you close the door To give you all the love that you need Darling, leave a light on for me 'Cause when the world takes me away You are still the air that I breathe
I can't explain, I don't know Just how far I have to go But, darling, I'll keep the key Just leave a light on for me
Just like a spark lights up the dark Baby, that's your heart Baby, that's your heart Baby, that's your heart
Darling, leave a light on for me I'll be there before you close the door To give you all the love that you need Darling, leave a light on for me 'Cause when the world takes me away You are still the air that I breathe
Darling, leave a light on for me I'll be there before you close the door I'll be all the love that you need Darling, leave a light on for me 'Cause when the world takes me away You are still the air that I breathe
Darling, leave a light on for me I'll be there before you close the door To give you all the love that you need Darling, leave a light on for me
Album Artist: Belinda Carlisle Album(s): Runaway Horses (30th Anniversary Edition) Written by: Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley Music genre(s): Pop Released: 1989 Decade for first release: #1980sMusic
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela officially proclaimed and appointed deputies to the National Assembly, based on the results of the regional and parliamentary elections held last Sunday, May 25th. The vote was transmitted at 99.
I want to make the switch but I want to test run first before fully committing. My PC has an M.2 SSD. I was thinking I could buy another one, swap them out and put Linux on that. In an emergency, I can swap the SSD back. Does this seem like a viable/sensible path toward Linux? I don't really have too many files on my PC that I care about. I don't want to dual boot. I did that on a laptop back in the day and it was annoying.
Testing a normal Linux installation sounds like a good idea. In my opinion it's better to transition to Linux than switch. That way you can go back to your previous system setup and see what you are missing or need without having to open your computer and swap hardware. If you can add the old or new SSD as an external drive and so that you can can boot then your plan might work out.
OP specifically said they don't want to dual boot, and I honestly understand why they would say that.
When you dual boot you need to worry about what bootloader is in use and how it is set up. You might find yourself in a situation where you later decide to move fully to Linux and use the old Windows drive as storage but you can't because if you wipe it then everything stops working.
Windows has even been known to destroy dual boot setups occasionally during Windows updates.
All very solveable if you have the right knowledge, but if you want to keep your life simple then swapping hardware has guaranteed safety (nothing can go wrong with the contents if a drive if it's not plugged in, after all) and it's very predictable and understandable.
You just need to run the installation with one drive at a time if you want to be extra sure, then each will have its own boot partition and they can still work together, for example I have 3 drives, one Linux, one Windows and one storage, the Linux one has GRUB on it and it detects the bootloader on the Windows drive just fine so you can select either from that or the UEFI boot selector. Never had updates scramble anything for neither of the two systems
I'm not sure what all those words mean so I'm not gunna do that. I might learn these things later but I'm trying not to frontload a lot of the learning.
That's fair, I won't say that it's not as complicated as it sounds because I don't know what you know, but if you want it put into simple words, it's the following: 1. Install drive 1 in PC 2. Install Windows 3. Remove drive 1 from the PC and put drive 2 in its place 4. Install any Linux distro that comes with GRUB as bootloader (most of them, personally recommend Fedora if you want a suggestion) 5. Install drive 1 into the second slot that was left empty up to now 6. Start boot, your motherboard will have a specific key to launch the boot selector, e.g. F10, or go into the UEFI settings to put the Linux option first 7. Boot into Linux and trigger the GRUB detection for other OSes so it updates the list of entries 8. Reboot 9. Now without having to smash a random key to get the built-in boot selector, you will instead be able to choose comfortably from GRUB.
Anyways don't pressure yourself into doing any of that if you don't feel comfortable with it, of course. One step at a time, the important thing is you're satisfied with what you have and that it's functional to your workflow
That's the best, safest way. By the way, you can do the same thing from a flash drive too, if it has enough space to hold the system. I don't mean as a live temporary system, I mean you can just point the installer to a second flash drive as the install disk and it won't care.
But keep in mind slower read performance will make the system slower. The SSD will fly by comparison. Don't let a flash drive fool you into thinking Linux is slow.
I used a usb-c external SSD drive. Worked like a charm and I even could run starcitizen from that with no remarkable performance drop. Once I was settled with linux I just installed the external SSD internally.
I also would use Clonezilla and make a backup of your current drive. Easy to do, and gives you a backup you can restore anywhere including a virtual machine, meaning you can have windows back inside of Linux if you forgot anything.
Or you can restore the drive if you accidentally corrupt it.
The first trilateral summit of China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council strengthened economic cooperation and broadened trade and diplomatic alliances as the Global South faces uncertainties brought by rising…
Les #médias parlent beaucoup, en ce moment, d'une décision du nouveau chancelier allemand autorisant les bombardements dans la profondeur du territoire russe, ce que son prédécesseur avait toujours refusé. Ils oublient de rappeler que des décisions semblables avaient déjà été prises à l'automne dernier, par les Anglo-saxons, décisions faisant suite à une longue campagne de presse d'un lobby américain, l' #ISW, "Institute for the Study of War".
Que veulent-ils ? C'est ce qu'on pourrait légitimement se demander en observant l'attitude des politiciens européens au sujet de l'affaire ukrainienne. Si l'on s'en tient aux intérêts nationaux des pays dont ils ont la charge, ce qu'ils font est incohérent, contre-productif, nuisible, que ce soit économiquement ou géopolitiquement. Ce n'est pas non plus très juste.
Par contre, la logique apparaît à la lecture d'un rapport américain. C'est un rapport publié il y a un an et commenté par le journaliste Matthew Blackburn pour le site 'Responsible Statecraft' (relayé par l'un d'entre vous il y a quelques jours – lien ci-dessous). Ce rapport est l'oeuvre d'ISW, encore lui. J'ai déjà parlé à plusieurs reprises d'ISW : un organisme d' #influence des néo-conservateurs américains financé par l'industrie d'armement, proche du Pentagone, et qui a ses entrées dans tous les #médias d' #Europe.
Sorti au printemps 2024, le rapport "Denying Russia's only strategy for success" propose les grands axes à suivre désormais à l'encontre de la #Russie. ISW avait toujours prétendu jusque-là que l'Ukraine allait gagner la guerre. Cette fois, il prétend que c'est de la propagande russe que de dire que la situation militaire de Kiev se dégrade. #ISW annonce : négocier, c'est capituler face à Poutine. Et d'insister : ce sont les lâches qui discutent avec la Russie. On se rappellera à quel point ces injonctions ont été suivies à la lettre par les Européens qui avaient ressorti le terme de "Munichois" pour stigmatiser tout quiconque jugeait utile de mettre fin au conflit. On se souvient aussi que ces mêmes politiciens ont toujours refusé toute négociation de #paix (avant de retourner leur veste à l'arrivée au pouvoir de #Trump, en prétendant désormais que c'est Moscou qui ne veut pas négocier).
Dans son rapport, ISW conseille aussi de ne pas entendre les réclamations et buts de guerre russes, pour la compréhension du conflit, ce que font encore aujourd'hui, parfaitement, tous les pouvoirs et médias européens. En sorte que le citoyen lambda peut être facilement manipulé puisqu'il ignore les motivations de Moscou.
Quelle action offensive propose ISW ? Comme il l'a toujours fait, l'institut opte pour l'escalade. L'escalade, c'est bien sûr armer toujours plus l'Ukraine. C'est aussi inciter Kiev à frapper dans la profondeur du territoire russe. ISW demande enfin à l' #OTAN de s'engager dans un conflit hybride contre Moscou : #espionnage, #terrorisme, guerre économique, etc. Là aussi, le rapport d'ISW a été appliqué à la lettre : sabotage des bateaux russes en Méditerranée, saisie de pétroliers, vol des avoirs russes gelés, pressions contre les exportations de #gaz et #pétrole, 17ème paquet de sanctions européennes adopté il y a quelques jours tandis qu'un 18ème est déjà en cours de préparation, envoi d'une Panzer Brigade allemande en Lituanie, etc.
Une question me taraude. Messieurs #Starmer, #Macron, #Merz et consorts, élus pour servir les intérêts de leurs populations, sont-ils des pantins au service des néo-conservateurs et des marchands de canons américains ?
The notion that the war is unwinnable because of Russia’s dominance is a Russian information operation, which gives us a glimpse of the Kremlin’s real strategy and only real hope of success.
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MacOS sucks as an operating system. No going around that, it's designed for mono tasking, or full keyboard use. No window tiling, dock can't minimize apps by clicking on them, the green button puts everything full screen...
The Global menu is great though, I wish it was well supported on Linux. No cut and paste for files and folders in the file manager is completely insane, and dragging files to other folders, or even to an open app is SO SLOW.
Installing apps was OK once you get used to it. The app store is pretty useless, as everything I wanted to use wasn't in it: resolve, firefox, GIMP, rectangles, an app for nextcloud notes, obs, steam, none of them are in the app store.
Virtual desktops are ok: gestures are good, but I'd argue GNOME does them better now: three fingers up in macOS doesn't show the virtual desktops, you also have to move the pointer towards the top of the screen to reveal them, or create a new one You also can't just swipe right with 3 fingers to get to a new virtual desktop and start opening apps there.
Clicking on a window only focuses it, it doesn't select what you want, which is also annoying to get used to. Font rendering is absolutely great, though, especially compared to font rendering on Linux.
Now in terms of hardware, there's very little that's wrong with this macbook pro:
The display is pretty great, high res, color accurate, high refresh rate, it's very good, bUT it's also covered in super reflective glass, without a matte coating. The keyboard took me a while to get used to, no numpad on such a big laptop is annoying. The webcam, mic and speakers are insanely good, and trounce everything I have ever used with Windows or Linux.
But, in the end, I still prefer using my Slimbook Executive 16. Why? First, while the build quality of this mac is undeniably better, it's also extremely heavy. 1.5 kilos for the executive 16, 2.1 kilos for the Macbook
The ports on the mac are far less useful as well, lacking any USB A port. In terms of trackpad, I'm not super convinced by the one on the macbook. It's huge and precise and gestures work really well, but the click is just so unsatisfying.
M1 is a cool architecture, but it also has trouble running VMs for operating systems that aren't ARM based, which means it's basically unsuitable for my day to day work where I need to test distros, on a VM first, and then on actual hardware.
On geekbench, It scores 2038 in single core score, which isn't bad, and 12636 in multi core, which is among the highest I've ever reviewed on a laptop, and it was on battery, not plugged in.
Battery life is insane, with 14 to 16h of light work, and 6 to 8h of video editing, compared to 7 or 8h on the executive, and about 3 to 4h of editing.
In the end, I have more fun using my Executive 16. It feels solid enough, although it does scratch more easily, it weighs less, I like its keyboard and display just as much, and I actually prefer the touchpad on the Executive The mic, speakers and webcam aren't super important to me, so I don't really mind the downgrade, but I have to admit the ones on the executive are just way below the ones the macbook ships with.
On top of that, my Executive can run a full blown Linux distro, and VMs, which this mac can't, yet. Of course I'll try Asahi on it at some point, but for now, it looks far from ready.
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
Pour donner un aspect encore plus consensuel à ces meetings, #Elnet les organise sous le prête-nom d’ #AgirEnsemble, un collectif sans aucune existence légale. Le premier de ces événements a été organisé le 18 décembre #2023 à la Maison de la Chimie à #Paris, devant 1000 personnes, sous l’intitulé : « La conférence inaugurale ». Avec le comédien, metteur en scène et producteur Steve Suissa en maître de cérémonie, cette soirée a réuni les journalistes Abnousse #Shalmani, Michael #Darmon, Sonia #Mabrouk et Rachel #Kahn, le polémiste Mohamed #Sifaoui, l’animateur Ariel #Wizman, l’avocat Thibault de #Montbrial, l’universitaire Bruno #Tertrais, l’ancien ambassadeur de France en Israël (2019 – 2023) Eric #Danon et en guest star (par visio) Michel #Onfray. Après avoir posé que « les Palestiniens font partie de ceux qui ont choisi Adolf #Hitler », ce dernier enchaîna sur « le nouvel #antisémitisme » qu’est « l’ #antisionisme » en précisant que ses propagateurs se situaient aujourd’hui à gauche - « on retrouve la gauche où elle était, je rappelle que dans national-socialisme il y a socialisme » - et finit par dénoncer « la politique d’immigration totale et générale » menée par la France. Un autre rassemblement a été organisé par Elnet sous son prête-nom Agir Ensemble le 19 mars #2024 à la salle Pleyel : « La grande conférence ». En l’occurrence, le conférencier n’était autre que Bernard-Henri Lévy #BHL, et cette soirée était destinée à promouvoir son livre Solitude d’Israël (Grasset). Ce meeting a rassemblé 2200 personnes dont des responsables politiques et des personnalités des #médias, de l’ #édition et du #cinéma : Manuel #Valls, Jean-Michel #Blanquer, Yvan #Attal, Charlotte #Gainsbourg, Laurence #Ferrari, Christophe #Barbier, Romain #Goupil, Olivier #Nora, Christine #Orban, Jean-Paul #Enthoven... Et Steve #Suissa en habituel maître de cérémonie."
Inscrit comme lobby officiel du gouvernement israélien auprès de l’Assemblée nationale, Elnet s’inspire des réseaux américains pro Netanyahu pour influencer les journalistes et les politiques français. Méconnu du public, il développe une stratégie…
Dr. Stevan Gajic from the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade calls out German politician Friedrich Merz's militaristic plans, comparing them to Hitler’s pre-WWII strategy
The intersection of sensual storytelling and edible indulgence is giving rise to a new kind of intimacy experience—one where lollipops and literature go hand in hand. Welcome to the world of sex candy like 11oysters natural sex boost candy and erotica, a playful and provocative pairing that blends the imagination of words with the physical pleasure of taste. It’s a multisensory adventure that transforms reading into an act of seduction.
Erotica has long been a gateway to fantasy. Through rich language and evocative scenes, it engages the mind and stirs the senses. But when paired with sex-themed confections—think aphrodisiac-infused gummies or suggestively shaped chocolates—those fantasies can feel even more immediate and embodied. Each bite becomes a tactile extension of the story, linking narrative arousal to physical sensation.
This pairing isn’t just about novelty. It taps into how our brains process pleasure. Reading erotica activates the same neural pathways as physical touch and arousal. Add in a sweet treat that melts on the tongue or tingles with spice, and you're amplifying the experience. You’re engaging taste, smell, and imagination all at once—creating a loop of desire that’s both cerebral and sensual.
Boutique brands are starting to embrace this fusion. Some companies now release curated erotic short stories alongside their candies, designed to be consumed together. You might unwrap a lollipop flavored with rose and chili while reading a scene of slow-burning seduction. Or pop a passionfruit gummy as a character dives into a moment of intense pleasure. The edible becomes part of the plot—a kind of edible punctuation mark for the prose.
Sex candy and erotica also offer a solo pleasure ritual. For those exploring sensuality on their own, it’s an empowering way to combine self-care and fantasy. You choose your setting, your sweet, and your story. It’s a personal ceremony of indulgence, one that doesn’t require a partner but is easily shared if desired.
There’s also room for play and humor. Not all sex candy is serious or sultry. Some options lean cheeky—like tongue-in-cheek lollipops or chocolate body parts—which can bring levity and laughter into the mix. Erotica, too, can be witty and lighthearted. Together, they remind us that pleasure doesn’t have to be polished or perfect. It can be deliciously human.
As intimacy culture becomes more open and creative, combinations like sex candy such as the benefits of 11oysters candy and erotica reflect a growing desire for layered, sensory experiences. They speak to the joy of slowing down, of savoring not just what we feel, but what we imagine. With each turn of the page and each lick of the lollipop, we’re invited into a world where taste and tale ignite the senses—proving that sometimes, the sweetest fantasies are the ones we can taste.
What excites me about the lovescape.com/categories/curvy category is how Lovescape empowers users to embrace diverse beauty while customizing deeply emotional and engaging companions. The combination of a sinuous, well-defined physique and complex traits—like caring, playful, or mysterious personality styles—creates characters who feel alive. Add to that the choice between realistic or anime styling, voice messaging, and image generation, and you’ve got a multifaceted experience. These aren’t flat characters; they’re emotionally nuanced, visually vivid, and built to foster connection on many levels.
What excites me about the Curvy category is how lovescape.com/categories/curvy empowers users to embrace diverse beauty while customizing deeply emotional and engaging companions. The combination of a sinuous, well-defined physique and complex traits—like caring, playful, or mysterious personality styles—creates characters who feel alive. Add to that the choice between realistic or anime styling, voice messaging, and image generation, and you’ve got a multifaceted experience. These aren’t flat characters; they’re emotionally nuanced, visually vivid, and built to foster connection on many levels.
"The situation for Tesla in Canada is even worse than in Europe right now. It’s not the largest market in terms of size, but it has a significantly higher EV adoption rate than the US and has helped Tesla in North America." love to see it
Vorsicht❗️ Es wird vor einem neuen betrügerischen Vorgehen gewarnt. Nach dem Enkeltrick kommt jetzt der Großelterntrick. Junge und dynamische Herren von der Union sprechen in Fußgängerzonen gezielt Rentner:innen an. Ziel ist es, diese in Billigjobs zu schanghaien.
New cod is cooked as fuck, its like 200gb and they do crossover stuff so nikki minaj and like some nigga from starwars will be shooting at you with a gun that looks like a dragon
Modern Python FFmpeg wrappers offer comprehensive support for complex filters, complete with detailed typing and documentation. - livingbio/typed-ffmpeg
News - Yemen:
Leader of the revolution Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi considered the Israeli aggression on Sana'a Airport to be part of the broader targeting of the Ummah and an attempt to pressure the Yemeni people’s position in support…
#Skwawkbox | Kids shot in head, pregnant women ripped apart: volunteer surgeon’s testimony shocks UNSC
"Solidarity with Sidhwa and all the doctors risking life, limb and sanity to help Israel’s victims. Shame on the UK government and others who have either done nothing or, like the Starmer regime, have actively assisted in Israel’s racist slaughter of civilians for eighteen months and now think a little hand-wringing and more inaction will now hide their guilt."
Half Gaza’s children suicidal, vast numbers starving, healthcare system deliberately destroyed – Israel squirms during Dr Feroze Sidhwa’s harrowing testimony US volunteer surgeon …
Quoting Gideon Levy on how Germany is betraying the memory of the Holocaust through its response to the situation in Gaza:
[...] It is difficult, if not impossible, in Germany to criticize Israel, no matter its actions. This isn't friendship; it's a subservience to the past that must end in the face of Gaza. The "special relationship" cannot include legitimizing war crimes. Germany has no right to ignore the International Criminal Court, which was established because of its crimes, and to consider inviting a prime minister wanted for war crimes. It has no right to continue reciting clichés of the past and laying wreaths at Yad Vashem, an hour and a half's drive from Khan Yunis.
Gaza (Quds News Network)- On Tuesday, thousands of starving Palestinians made their way to an aid distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US-Israeli organizat
La nuit, je vois que le réveil est en réalité un processus par paliers.J’ouvre mes yeux intérieurs et laisse mes paupières ferméesMême en amont de ces yeux intérieurs, d’autres palais,Des yeux de p…
Don’t resent the practiceDon’t direct your anger at what people do with it,Practice is just practice,And what they do is simply their practice,That’s not the point, do not forget,…
Jewish terrorism is not isolated to the genocidal state of Israel. Jewish terrorists have been blowing up innocent people with bombs before Israel became a state.
Judaism is a religion, while zionism is a movement that started long before the so-called state of Israel was founded. Zionism uses Judaism as a protective cloak.
Do you have anything I can read that explains it? I can't do a web search because books and other information in English is almost universally polluted with Jewish propaganda.
Jews have performed genocides since antiquity. Jews, followers of Judaism, do not denounce Zionism. Orthodox Jews are the strongest supporters of the current genocide.
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