Happy voting day folks!

#nyc

Slowly emptying a bookshelf over at dad's place every week and sorting them out at my place to see if they're of any value and if not I can donate them to the thrift store. 99,99% of those books aren't really valuable, it's amazing how many you can find for 1 euro over at Vinted. There's a lot of books, 8 bookcases full... the thrift stores are going to be very happy.

Sometimes I glance at the first few pages of a book if the theme seems somewhat interesting enough. And if one makes me smile or snigger, maybe I should keep that book a little bit longer in my possession until I'm sure on whether I'm really going to read them or not.

That first scene in Captain's Corelli's Mandoline was so absurd enough that I won't get rid of that one quite yet. I actually kinda want to know how that ends. Just don't know when I'll actually go read it, I need to get rid of the nicotine smell first, ugh.

@nasamuffin congrats! 💚

Dernier exemple en date avec Alexandre Portier, député LR du Rhône et visiblement président de la commission des affaires culturelles et de l'éducation, "voltairien dans l'âme [et] attaché à la liberté d'expression" pour défendre CNEWS, mais qui pensait que le terme "identité de genre" ne devait pas avoir "sa place dans nos écoles" et qui quelques jours plus tôt appelait les "plate-formes" à censurer les posts avec des images de flics dans les manifs, sans parler de sa défense sur la loi d'interdiction des réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rw7u7xswqiobimxqjzjrkh37/post/3mzfyivxt5c2a

Apple’s New iPhone Release Schedule Seems to Pay Off
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/11/03/apple-new-iphone-18-release-schedule

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this "Send All Billionaires To Space" Patch. Abolish ICE, create DABA (Deport All Billionaires Agency).
https://collabs.shop/yvqayw

C'est quand même toujours fascinant de voir que ceux qui défendent le plus la liberté d'expression de manière abstraite et hurlent partout à la censure sont souvent les premiers à vouloir faire taire toute critique, contestation, interdire à la jeunesse, etc.

@simon wenn du mir nen github link gibst kann ich dir feedback geben, sonst kannst du dir gerne mal die podcast integrationen anschaun: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/tree/trunk/integration

And now the waiting begins...

#fosdem #fosdem2027 #retrocomputing

@dioneira lohnt sich :]

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Separable; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/03/nobodys-home/

#Pluralistic

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Fellow U.S. folks, if you haven’t voted, please do so today. Fingers crossed.

#vote

Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor
Image Credit: Eddy Metais

Explanation: Did this meteor come from that comet? Probably not. Although many meteors do originate from comets, there are thousands of comets that have visited the inner Solar System recently, and matching meteors to them can be tricky. And to be clear, the pictured comet is far behind the streaking meteor. Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) was captured from Hautacam, France in April when the giant space iceberg sported impressive ion (blue) and dust tails. Sand-sized rocky debris that enters Earth’s atmosphere typically appears as meteors, while the colorful foreground streak here may indicate a complicated composition. This month three notable meteor showers will reach their peaks. Over the next few days, the Southern Taurids will be reaching their apex, while the Northern Taurids will top out about a week later. Both originate from Comet 2P/Encke. November is most famous for the Leonids Meteor Shower, though, which originates from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle and will reach its crescendo in about two weeks.

https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-3-comet-panstarrs-and-rainbow-meteor/ #apod

Folks, please share the link for our Fediverse Multimedia Grants.

We have funding for creators to make podcasts, artist's portfolios, webcomics, music stores, video streams, or brand new kinds of channels here. And we pay developers to help them be successful.

Our deadline is Wed 4 Nov 2026. It only takes a few minutes to apply.

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#Fediverse #SocialMedia #ContentCreators #Funding

It arrived too late for Halloween, but never mind!

Un camarade de la CGT Educ'action 35, enseignant au lycée Descartes de Rennes, a été arrêté et placé en garde à vue ce midi alors qu'il accompagnait des lycéen·nes et étudiant·es en manifestation dans le centre-ville. Des lycéen·nes ont également été arrêté·es et sont, d'après nos informations, toujours en garde à vue. De plus, des syndicalistes ont reçu des amendes et se sont fait confisquer leurs drapeaux en marge de cette même manifestation.

Depuis le début de la mobilisation, la seule réponse à la colère légitime est la répression. Elle franchit aujourd'hui une nouvelle étape totalement inacceptable.

Pour faire face à cette répression et soutenir notre camarade, la CGT Educ'action 35 et l'Union Départementale CGT 35 appellent à un rassemblement à 18h devant l'hôtel de police de Rennes (22 boulevard de la Tour d'Auvergne). D'autres syndicats, dont la FSU, appellent également à ce rassemblement.

#rennes