Call for speakers at 2022 Washington (DC) Area Vision Zero Summit
https://waba.org/blog/2022/06/call-for-speakers-2022-washington-region-vision-zero-summit/
#VisionZero #SafeCities #Urbanism #PedestrianSafety #DMV #WashingtonDC
ive been to the year 3000
not much has changed, but they have this new type of bug that comes into your house, and at night they just scream this long, terrible, inhuman scream. it's so loud. and if you squash them or anything they release a pheromone that summons more bugs and they all come to your house and scream. best thing to do if you find one is just let it scream. they stop after an hour or two. they call them 'dread bugs'. otherwise they're harmless. and your great great great granddaug
i tried to sculpt a rose first but realized it was pretty difficult so instead i made a quick little cherry blossom :3 #art #3DArt #3d #NomadSculpt #creativeToots #MastoArt
If you're screening your follow requests, it's probably not a good idea to reject or block someone just because their profile picture is empty.
There are many blind people on the Fediverse who don't use profile pictures. For example, the writer Robert Kingett at @blindscribe doesn't use one.
The most reliable way to screen accounts on here is just to read what they have posted, as this better reflects what kind of account they are.
(btw if you're interested in trying out mastodon and looking for a community of people doing critical research on design and digital technology, you'd be very welcome to join us on https://assemblag.es !)
Poem, Library, Riddles, Guardians
Hold Order
August 11, 2022
embarrassed, the library sphinx barred entry
asked me to wait, as entrance had been denied
walked inside, and returned my books for me
came back out, retook their place, and primly
looking away, slid to me with left hind leg
an old luxury in leather binding
yellow legal paper bookmark
on the relevant page
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Support your local library.
Anyone know #ActivityPub / #Fediverse software (client or server) with queue functionality? (Client would have to stay active/wake up for it, but could be done)
Like what Tumblr has - FIFO queue you load up with post/reblogs whenever, and at specified intervals during certain hours, it posts them.
"iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser"
Pertinent question: Could a website protect its users by using a good CSP? or is Meta also able to strip it?
Facebook and Instagram are injecting tracking scripts into In-App-Browsers opened via their apps:
https://nitter.fdn.fr/krausefx/status/1557412468368052225?s=21
https://docs.hetzner.com/general/others/price-adjustment/
Hetzner is gonna be doing price increases on their services Soon(tm) due to rising energy prices in their main locations (Germany and Finland)
if you are a fediverse admin who hosts on Hetzner, you should give this a look
exact price changes will be announced September 1, 2022
What are the creative usages of face masks you've seen?
#MaskUp 😷
Since most people repeating these statements do not seem to link to any sources, here's one from Germany about a week ago:
Because of the drought in Europe, in many rivers you now see the so-called "Hungersteine" (hunger stones) reappear.
These stones are hydrological landmarks, erected by ancestors in the 15th–19th centuries, during periods of drought that caused widespread famine.
RT @obk@twitter.com
Huiveringwekkend. Door de droogte in Europese rivieren komen er Hungersteine bovendrijven. Macabere waarschuwingen van onze 15e eeuwse voorouders over hongersnood.
'Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine'
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungerstein_(Wasserstandsmarkierung)
The usual method is to handwash underclothes- so they don't contaminate the washing machine, but some of my very forward-thinking friends will wash them as a separate load.
TLDR; don't throw your underclothes in the washing machine when visiting friends in China without asking.
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