szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

The smoke has descended on Vancouver. We're fine but the birds, especially the crows, are going nuts. Distress calls all day.

Hi. Did you know there's a library of free-to-use music for your next #podcast, university assignment, #radio show or perhaps powerpoint presentation?
I painstakingly made everything here and I'm not done yet. There are at present, 171 tracks but over a thousand variants, and it's all yours for the price of 0.00.
I do have to warn you however, that if you plan to use any of the tracks between 1 and 150 on youtube, you will be hit with a silly copyright claim that I have no intention of issuing takedowns for, so please, despite that, feel free regardless.
If you like what you hear, please boost for larger reach. My goal is to have a library of high-quality tracks for anyone to use for any purpose whatsoever. Thank you.

https://onj.me/shorts/

🆕 blog! “Let's build a website using XML!”

It is 2023. XHTML is dead and buried. HTML is a "living standard" with billions of users. So what kind of idiot would want to build a website using XML? Me. I am that idiot. Last year, I launched a "web page" which didn't use HTML. Called, appropriately enough, "YOU DON'T NEED HTML!" That (ab)used […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/08/lets-build-a-website-using-xml/
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#webdev #XML

The rush of appreciating "old book smell" while dodging the (probably unsafe) things that come with it

confirmed. neither twitter nor mastodon cares about the cerebellum 😂

where did all the cerebellum scientists migrate to??

Die Zufallsbekanntschaft auf der heutigen Runde durch Wiesen und Wälder grüsst das #Fediverse.
#natur #wandern #ziege

"I am honored to be a banned book whenever it happens, because I look at the history of books that have been banned; the history of who bans them. I will never be on the side of the people who ban the books. I'm on the other side. I will always be on the side of the libraries."
@neilhimself

https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/

Ok Mastodon, you're smart.

This poster used to hang on my bedroom wall in the mid-80s. I am searching for the artist, and indeed, another print of it. This image has been taken from a photograph with the poster in the background, so it is very low-res.

It is not an album cover, and is not associated with any singer or band.

Yes, I have tried Google Image Search and TinEye to no avail. Help?

#FantasyArt #80s #BedroomPoster #Poster #ImageID

Loading bars explained:

Gaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/

My goals for the rest of my life are:

✅ Eat a Berliner in Berlin (2022)
✅ Eat a Wiener Schnitzel in Wien (2022)
✅ Eat a Hamburger in Hamburg (2023.08.15) (with @rodirik :ablobcathungry: )
❌ Drink a Pilsner in Pilzeň
❌ Eat a Darm in Darmstadt
❌ Eat a Coney Island in Coney Island
❌ Eat a Florentine Biscuit in Florentine
❌ Eat a Philly Cheese Steak in Philadelphia
❌ Eat a Turkey in Turkey

After all of this go to Hungary to be Hungary

RCB znów obiecywało burze z gradem. KOLEJNE KŁAMSTWO RZĄDU!!!

except chickens, because fuck chickens

Ladies who lounge. #greyhounds #DogsOfMastodon

Goomdbye #Cheems :( You will forever live in our memes.

"Okay, let's move on to the maths test. If you have four apple slices and I take half of them away, what do I have?"
"A paw full of sharp claws to the face, pal."
#red

Before long, a talking point seeded by a 37-follower account was picked up and blasted across the headlines by right-wing media & fringe-“left” media, becoming the dominant narrative among mainstream & fringe media outlets alike.

(My personal assessment is that the initial account is part of an influence network, and the account’s activity serves as a sort of flag or traffic sign for others in the network. This is common in political “war rooms.”)

I say fuck off a lot but only to those I care about. Otherwise, I just ghost you.

The floor is lava - How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves. Interesting article and visuals by Reuters on the importance of green spaces to reduce temperatures --> https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-CHANGE/URBAN-HEAT/zgpormdkevd/

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GreenSpaces