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Ibland behövs det positiva nyheter om världen. Då tankar jag energi från Andrew Millison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85P5uLz3eAY

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The German foreign-trade lobby group is calling on the German government to take a hard line against the US and enter a trade war with the US in response to Trump.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/zoelle-usa-eu-interview-100.html

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Creativity is like a muscle. If you want to become more creative, you have to exercise it.

When I was in art school (years ago), we exercised every day to become more creative. Artists have to train to get there too. It's not magic or "talent," it's hard work.

When you use AI to give you "inspiration," you are doing the opposite of that. You are atrophying your creativity muscle.

If you want to become a creator, and become more creative, you should stop using AI entirely. Instead, start training your own genuine creativity. Otherwise, it will eventually dry off completely.

#Art #Creativity #NoAI

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Fungus on just one tree, at the side of an old #Derbyshire country lane - seen earlier today.

#mushtodon #sporespondence #naturePhotography

Broad, rotten, off-vertical tree trunk - covered in ivy and thick roots - with a profusion of pale, fleshy, gilled fungi growing out from one side.

Further up that same tree - beneath a mass of ivy, the end of a sawn-off branch, with a splash of orange-yellow fungi growing out from the centre.

Fleshy, waxy-topped bracket fungi with pale gills on their undersides, growing out from a mossy crevice in a tree trunk.

A mass of ivy and roots, almost fully obscuring a tree trunk, with pale fleshy bracket fungi growing out from the centre.

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Man brukar säga att en bild säger mer än tusen ord men det gör pengar också...pengar kan också säga mer än 1000 saker...eller 1000 miljarder saker.
Det är ett riktigt "...with love, EU".....
#trumpregime

Källor: EU överväger hämndtullar mot USA på nära 1 000 miljarder kronor.

Bild på en frusen trump i rock utomhus.

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Non-techy friend: Modern technology has become such trash. I miss the days when the internet used to be fun.
Me: Oh boy do I have a book recommendation for you! (@pluralistic's "Enshittification")
Friend: I'll check it out. Is that where the term comes from?

In other words, the term "enshittification" is entering the mainstream. And hopefully one more person has joined the cause.

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RE: https://mastodon.nu/@jogge5805/115915204480923864

Håller med Jörgen och gör en copy cat….
Världen är skev

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Någon som har DAP spelare från Hiby?

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I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.

#books #audiobook

A sign reading “Large Print Audio Books” above a set of shelves filled with books.

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A close-up photograph of a man in a suit whispering into the ear of George W. Bush, who has a wide-eyed, serious expression. White text overlaid on the image reads: "DON'T WORRY SIR SOME FUTURE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A FUCKING GENIUS."

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Russia welcomes Trump’s tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as ‘collapse’ of alliance

Russian officials welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland, with Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claiming on Jan. 17 that the move signals the "collapse" of the transatlantic alliance. Source: Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/01/18/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on-nato-allies-over-greenland-as-collapse-of-alliance/

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We need more articles like this in the mainstream media.

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/technology/should-you-trust-ai-search-summaries

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An image of the text of a post on Threads which reads,

leahmdelaney> Threads 2h

I know there's a lot happening in the world, but I want to share a headline from Irish news.

A rare, protected snail in Clare is legally blocking Trump from expanding his Doonbeg golf course, because its habitat is protected under environmental law.

I am firmly on the snails side.

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This is important to me. The Freedom Pass should be available to pensioners on all modes of transport in the UK.

I signed the petition:

https://c.org/QzMqHsHZ67

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Announcing The Linux Command Line Seventh Internet Edition and Third Print Edition

Good News Everyone!

I have just released the Seventh Internet Edition of my book. Along with the Internet Edition release we're just a few days from the general availability of the new print edition which is based on the aforementioned Internet Edition.

See all the details here: https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

#Linux #Books

A photo of yours truly opening a box of newly printed copies of my book fresh from No Starch Press.

A copy of of my book sitting happily on a table

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TIL that in 1981, a conference was called to organise a search for the impact crater for the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs. That same week, at another conference, a paper was presented having found just such a crater off Yucatán but it wasn't noted because everyone was at the other conference.

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Timkat är åminnelsen av Jesus dop i floden Jordan och är ett stort firande i Etiopien. Processioner utgår från fyra olika större lokala kyrkor och sammanstrålar på en plats. Gatorna stängs av, sopas och spolas med vatten och därefter följer olika grupper med människor som uppför olika danser under musik. Därefter kommer en grupp som rullar ut mattor på gatan och därefter en handburen konstruktion med en replika av förbundsarken.

@LeoR1010 hur ofta vänder du den?

Vi vänder våra... öh, jätteofta!

So, btw, if tariffs benefita the US, qhy don't we all in every country on earth put tariffs on everything? And then every country on earth will blossom!

Imagine 50 000 % tariffs! Imagine the incomes! THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!

#uspol #europe

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