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William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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Jan told us that prior to those years, Prague was about equally divided between Czechs, Jews, and Germans, three ancient cultures that had lived side by side in that area for millennia.

Then that all ended catastrophically, with the mass murder of the Jewish population by the Nazis, followed by the Czechs' expulsion of the Germans (for their collaboration with the Nazis) after the war.


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A bright mural in a Mexican restaurant
William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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Shared by Paul Cantrell

Jan said the longterm effect was to decimate the cultural richness of a city long known for its diversity, rich crosscultural interchanges, diversity, and tolerance.

I think of this and think of all the people in the US right now who imagine that by pushing the kind of people who own and operate this Mexican restaurant away, sending them packing, we'll build a better, healthier, more humane society.


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William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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I think about all of this and remember a conversation we had in April 2008 with the owner of the b and b at which we stayed in Prague, the Velké Boty, owned by an interesting couple, Jan and Charlotta. Charlotta played a leading role in helping translate the post-Soviet Czech constitution into English.

The conversation I'm remembering was about what the Nazi era and WWII and its aftermath did to Prague.
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A red angel for Valentine's day, with heart-shaped glassesBright paper flowers, calla lilies, on a restaurant table
William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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Shared by Paul Cantrell

Jan told us that prior to those years, Prague was about equally divided between Czechs, Jews, and Germans, three ancient cultures that had lived side by side in that area for millennia.

Then that all ended catastrophically, with the mass murder of the Jewish population by the Nazis, followed by the Czechs' expulsion of the Germans (for their collaboration with the Nazis) after the war.


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A bright mural in a Mexican restaurant
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Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
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On the @oxidecomputerOxide Computer Company and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahlAdam Leventhal) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/

Deep Blue

We coined a new term on the Oxide and Friends podcast last month (primary credit to Adam Leventhal) covering the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many …

simonwillison.net · Simon Willison’s Weblog

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Holos Social @HolosSocial@mastodon.social
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In , once a post is federated, you lose control over how remote instances handle interactions on it. Some servers like are working on interaction controls, but non-compatible instances simply ignore your rules.
With , we're considering a "safe mode" available at publishing time. Your post would only be delivered to followers on instances that respect interaction controls. Not enabled by default, but there for those who need it.

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Hacker News 500 @hn500@social.lansky.name
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EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear

Link: environment.ec.europa.eu/news/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

A huge pile of clothes outside is shown

New EU rules to stop destruction of unsold clothes and shoes

The measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation will allow businesses to benefit from a more circular economy.

environment.ec.europa.eu · Environment

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knead_i_say_more @knead_i_say_more@skatspelunke.eu
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Shared by Maho 🦝🍻

Hello everyone! 👋

I’m excited to join this community and share a little corner of my world with you all. I’m passionate about baking (mostly bread), gardening (letting plants grow as they please), and exploring nature through hiking and photography.

I’m not much of a writer, so I’ll mostly share photos of my adventures — the good, the messy, and the funny. 🌿🍞📸

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to @brudibrauBrudi Bräu for hosting me ❤️
I’m looking forward to new friendships along the way!

todays bread sitting on a wooden cutting board
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デミアン @demian0220@mstdn.jp
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Shared by SparklingOutlaw🍉

消費減税は処方箋か　｢高市1強｣で日本経済がはらむリスクとは：朝日新聞 asahi.com/articles/ASV2F2T7SV2

「日本はどこも人手不足で、働きたい人はほぼ全員働いている完全雇用に近い状態です。そうした状況で財政の規模を膨らませて需要を刺激しても、生産を増やせないためインフレを加速してしまう」

「そもそも日本経済が弱いのは、分配・再分配がうまく機能していないからです。私の分析では、この30年で1時間あたりの生産性は3割上がっている。本来なら実質賃金もそれだけ上がらないといけないのに、企業が利益をため込んでいる。ここ数年は賃上げが進んでいますが、その原資はなにかというと、モノやサービスを値上げした分です。それだといつまでたっても実質賃金が上がっていかない。企業が生み出す付加価値は、株主と従業員できちんと分配しなければならない。首相も触れていますが、株主への分配を重視した『コーポレートガバナンス・コード（企業統治指針）』の見直しを進めなければなりません」

消費減税は処方箋か　｢高市1強｣で日本経済がはらむリスクとは：朝日新聞

　衆院選で圧勝した高市早苗首相は、公約に掲げた「2年間の食料品の消費税ゼロ」の実現に向けた検討を加速させるとしました。危機管理投資や成長投資を通じて「強い経済」をつくるとも訴えています。それで日本経済…

www.asahi.com · 朝日新聞

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Gaurav Vaidya @gaurav@hachyderm.io
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Come work with me! RENCI at the Univ of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill is hiring a Research Software Developer to work on scientific software development, CI pipelines, deployment workflows and secure software development: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/3

Research Software Developer

The Research Software Developer will contribute to the design, development, and operation of cloud-native computing environments that support research and data-driven projects at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). This role focuses on building foundational software components and workflows while developing skills in modern research software engineering practices.Responsibilities include:1. Implementing data structures, algorithms, and research workflows2. Assisting with DevOps and automation practices, including continuous integration pipelines and deployment workflows3. Supporting improvements to security, reliability, and observability, such as automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and performance monitoringThe Research Software Developer will work closely with senior engineers, RENCI management, and research partners to understand requirements, implement features, demonstrate functionality, and incorporate user feedback. This position provides strong opportunities for mentorship, skill development, and professional growth within a collaborative research environment.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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knead_i_say_more @knead_i_say_more@skatspelunke.eu
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

Hello everyone! 👋

I’m excited to join this community and share a little corner of my world with you all. I’m passionate about baking (mostly bread), gardening (letting plants grow as they please), and exploring nature through hiking and photography.

I’m not much of a writer, so I’ll mostly share photos of my adventures — the good, the messy, and the funny. 🌿🍞📸

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to @brudibrauBrudi Bräu for hosting me ❤️
I’m looking forward to new friendships along the way!

todays bread sitting on a wooden cutting board
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William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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My spouse and I went today to a favoriteTex-Mex restaurant and were touched when, at meal's end, the waiter brought us complimentary servings of heart-shaped flan. Everything about the restaurant lifted my spirits on a gray, wet, coldish late-winter day — bright colors everywhere, pulsating salsa music, delicious food, smiling, friendly, welcoming wait staff, all immigrants.


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A photo of heart-shaped flan with chocolate syrup
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May Likes Toronto @mayintoronto@beige.party
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I think the biggest gap in the whole notion of FOSS is that self-hosting as a concept is not accessible to normal people.

I don't even know *why* this is hard.

Edit: A great illustration of why it's hard:
mastodon.transneptune.net/@owe

Owen (@owen@mastodon.transneptune.net)

@mayintoronto@beige.party Assumptions: you know how to run a linux machine, install packages, troubleshoot issues, &c. You know how to punch traffic through your residential router to go to that device. You know how to use DNS or at least how to find a service to do DNS for you, or are comfortable with memorizing a periodically-changing numeric address. You are okay with the occasional flood of traffic from search engines and AI scrapers.

mastodon.transneptune.net · Transneptodon

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zunda @zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
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リスクベース認証だ（運転手さんの判断は結果的に素晴らしかったんだけど、疑陽性偽陰性をしっかり防ぎつつ一般化するのは難しそうね

客の指示を無視して警察へ直行…マンボウタクシーの運転手　常連客救った‟とっさの判断‟と行動力に感謝状 | TBS NEWS DIG (1ページ)
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2467901

客の指示を無視して警察へ直行…マンボウタクシーの運転手　常連客救った‟とっさの判断‟と行動力に感謝状 | TBS NEWS DIG

1月16日午後、長崎県平戸市のタクシーの運転手、金丸秀樹さん（58）の元に1本の配車依頼の電話がかかってきました。乗り込んできた女性は、慌てた様子で行き先を告げました。―「銀行に急いで！」。しかし金丸さん…

newsdig.tbs.co.jp · TBS NEWS DIG

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nicole mikołajczyk @mkljczk@fediverse.pl
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Wrzuciłam dziś nową wersję portalu https://fediverse.pl. Chciałam go trochę uprościć i uporządkować, dzieląc go na sekcje przeznaczone dla konkretnego typu zainteresowanych Fediwersum (obecnie sekcja ogólna, instytucje publiczne i programiści, dodatkowe jak znajdę czas). Blog, który pokazywał jedynie że nie poświęcałam portalowi na bieżąco uwagi, zniknął ze strony głównej.

Celowo chciałam, żeby portal wyglądał na razie tak generycznie i skupiłam się na treści (ale zdjęcia zostaną te xD). Nie uważam opublikowanych treści za finalne, ale uznałam że lepiej wrzucić już to niż trzymać poprzednią stronę.

Zależy mi na feedbacku, uważam że trzymanie takiej generycznej domeny (kupionej spontanicznie bo chciałam miejsce na tłumaczone artykuły których blog mastodona nie chciał mergować) tworzy pewne zobowiązanie

Fediverse.pl

O Fediwersum. Po polsku.

fediverse.pl · fediverse.pl

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Brian Swetland @swetland@chaos.social
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"AI" bullshit.

I'm starting to expect to have to hear, for the rest of my life, over and over and over, about how *this* new version of the AI garbage machine is *the* magic version that finally makes all the lies true. So sick of it.

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Doug Webb @douginamug@mastodon.xyz
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The AI stuff fills me with anxiety mostly because it's happening in the imperial, capitalist ecocide - and accelerating it.

What if there were narrow models, trained consensually, forced to use renewables, x, y, z? What if "I might lose my job" was actually a good thing? That's not our timeline sadly, but it is how it could look. Needs to look!

For me this is the perspective. The dynamic hasn't changed, it's "just" accelerating.

Doug Webb @douginamug@mastodon.xyz
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Just seems like a golden opportunity now to surface and delete bullshit jobs as well as surfacing and highlighting actually-very-useful jobs.

We should be challenging any outspoken AI-maxxers about their opinions on UBI and working hours, forcing their hand to speak up for life and dignity - or outing themselves as monsters.

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