*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

@spike
Nice photo, that's #art.

@realcaseyrollins

Very nice article -- and a super handy feature to have.

Earlier today I wrote a sequence of posts (visit to Lisbon Museum series) in a plain Text editor (more space to write, font size control, NO distractions on sight).

When I had completed it, it was time to post here - in individual segments to keep size in control.

I did it via traditional Clipboard commands, hurrying and worried that someone would comment or reply before I had the full set posted.

Went looking for an enhanced Clipboard utility, they have been around. But -- discovered that Windows 10 now has that, Built-In, no added software needed.

The article in PC Mag linked explains it well, with illustration. It's simple and convenient to use.

Thank you PC Mag, Microsoft. 👍

https://www.pcmag.com/feature/364313/how-to-use-the-new-and-improved-windows-10-clipboard

@realcaseyrollins

Lots of designs out there for the Theme.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=free+speech+t-shirt

@Craigvulcan Geez......

NSFW content in such a simple hashtag? Who would have thought.

Argh.

@Sphinx
Well, you got more out of it than me, for sure. 😛

Pretty Kanji, but complete mystery to most of us.
@vincent

@p @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com

The way the seat is rotated, a bit sideways, would lead the person to sit sideways too, or be uncomfortable. But there's no space at the front/left side, so maybe it's to sit sideways, facing back.

Which is an odd position, but. Who knows, maybe it's a tiny place in Hong Kong or Japan.

@shibaprasad @metapsyche

I find Alzheimers one of the most worrisome prospects of old age. Have seen people in nursing homes, and how they have lost so much of their minds.

Scary, no cure, and just an expensive prospect to give the person care until the inevitable happen.

An early exit, voluntarily, seems preferable. We had a case here in Canada, where a lady in BC did that and left posts documenting her choice and why. Great reading, they made perfect sense to me.

@11112011 Ah, very nice, I saw the buildings and backgrounds with classical architecture.

Neat. 👍

@11112011 Great photos, Blitz. A museum visit?

@p @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com The space seems so tight I thought they might want to use it with knees facing the back.

But P might have it, anti-theft as it's so weird.

@Absinthe ㊗️ Well done, once again. 👍

@shibaprasad Vivaldi is a Good Browser. The team developing it used to be from the Opera project, if I am not mistaken.

Opera was a leading edge, innovative and cool browser for a long time. The one the techies and the cool kids used. 😜

Nowadays, Opera is still around, has switched to using the underlying framework of Chromium project (as others, including Microsoft, have done), runs really well, has a free built in VPN option.

But... is under control of a Chinese entity, and some people do have concerns about possible espionage might happen. Chinese state has a ton of power, and can force companies into cooperating for state security reasons anytime they want.

Vivaldi also has a good free email service (which is NOT Google property), and a free blog option I have just started experimenting with.

The blog is built as a full WordPress site, so it's full featured and takes some learning, just starting on the process myself.

Don't have Vivaldi installed, as I am happy with Waterfox. Do have Opera and use it on ocassion, even the VPN, until now, when I discovered a much nicer and free VPN service.

@maison_faim Thank you.

@drabard I am just starting on it, drabard, and there's only a basic, Hello World kind of post there now.

But - I was inspired by some great writing I caught this morning, and participated in.

That lead me to remember some of my own experiences, and I got off the fediverse, into a plain Text editor and wrote what I consider will be a nice blog post sometime soon.

For now, it's here in fedi, mastodon thread. This one: https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103261667157165272

Additional info and links, notes:

- Archeological Museum, Lisbon, Portugal is at : https://www.lisbon.net/archaeology-museum and wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeology_Museum,_Portugal

- a beautiful ancient map of Iberia : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B12_017-PORTUGALLIAE_et_ALGARBIAE_REGNA.jpeg

- the city of Loulé region on Bing maps : https://binged.it/2RqlQz2

- Amphorae page at Wiki with many examples : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora

- Lusitania, Roman period Iberia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania

- Roman Empire map, 3rd Century : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain#/media/File:Prima_tetrarchia_Diocletianus.PNG

- Baetica information : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania_Baetica

- Al Andalus : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus

- Moorish Period : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Portugal#Moorish_rule_and_the_Reconquista_(711%E2%80%931249)

- And finally, Wikipedia's full series on History of Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Portugal

The original thread mentioned as inspiring this writing was created by @anarchiv and can be found here : https://todon.nl/@anarchiv/103260707759534544

With my thanks for the inspiration for this! :smile:

I should point out that I am not a Historian, but a curious man, fascinated by glimpsing the past and being able to understand a bit of how they lived, by seeing such a nice exposition and the numerous Historical buildings, sites and ancient settlements commonly found in Europe. So, my writing probably has factual errors, which I apologize for, the intent being to jot down those and share with others who might find them intriguing, hopefully.

The collection on display was all dug on sites around the modern city of Loulé. Besides these wonderful Roman and pre-Roman era artifacts, they also had later, Moorish period ones, with beautiful ceramics and metal work.

After visiting Europe for the first time a few years ago, I was so impressed and pleased by all these cultural artifacts and History around everywhere that traveling here in my home region, in North America pales in comparison.

I hope you enjoyed this narrative, and welcome your comments and follow ups. Thank you.