Cyclist, Mapper, Ecologist, Geekster. He has thoughts, they are his own. 🇺🇦
Just got our latest affiliate report from @starlabssystems! So far this year y’all have bought 4 StarLites, 3 StarFighters, and 1 StarBook with elementary OS pre-installed! Thank you so much for choosing an independent retailer that supports our development 🩷
If you’re in the market for a new computer, StarLites and StarFighters are currently 10% off and Bytes come with a free T-shirt! https://starlabs.systems/
The world's first full-scale LGBTQ Pride event to take place in an active warzone occurred today in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine. The banner at the front reads "Unity in Diversity".
made this while working on an edge bundling effect. not what I originally intended but wanted to share it.
Dear Fedi friends,
I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/
In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.
I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).
The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️
I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.
And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly
Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca
The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.
I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌
Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲
#TheFutureIsFederated
Last call for the #Map of the Month subscription by the Independent Map Artists (closes June 15).
https://somethingaboutmaps.bigcartel.com/product/map-of-the-month-subscription
For $40/month, we’ll send you a whole variety of fun and beautiful mappy goods, all while your support helps independent artists. And it makes us happy to know our goods are out there in peoples' homes.
Please share around to make sure no one misses out!
very pleased to announce my new design language across all product lines, "Merle Haggard's name in capitalized serif desert chrome"
The personifications of five great British rivers created by John Thomas in 1847 for the building now known as Langside Halls in Glasgow. The Clyde is in the middle (crowned by two fish with rings in their mouths), while the other rivers represented are thought to be the Thames, the Severn, the Tweed and the Humber.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #sculptue #langside #langsidehalls #shawlands #queenspark
Treated myself at the Festival to this beautiful bucket-bag, has a tartan drawstring pouch inside, woven with cotton rope
https://frankfrancia.com/ - young Black designer based here in Edinburgh, most of the basket work is more colourful and detailed, couldn't walk past this one twice.
Also does draped tartan pieces, sent a note of thanks with intro to Prickly Thistle, their vibes would work so well together
Need to dig out that one pair of fancy shoes, also grey, and carry it somewhere nice
A surviving metal kerb-protector on the corner of Wellington Street and St Vincent Lane in central Glasgow. This was designed to stop the kerbstones being worn away by the wheels of carts and also to help guide them into the narrow lanes between the buildings, so that they didn't damage them.
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#glasgow #ironwork #kerbprotector #glasgowhistory #victorianglasgow #edwardianglasgow #streetfurniture
@thisismyglasgow Are you sure this isn't an early example of a skate park? That looks perfect for grinding ;-) . #skateboard
I'm genuinely SO excited about the new ocean map that will be at the heart of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich when this hall reopens on June 7th. It's an unusual ocean-focussed map with so much detail, and it's just brilliant. 🌊🌊 Below is a video sneak peak.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/turning-our-view-world-inside-out-introducing-new-ocean-map
And if you're anywhere near Greenwich, do bring your family to the excellent (and free) World Ocean Day event on June 7th - there will be loads to see and do.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/world-ocean-day
A few months ago, we spotted an unusual inn in a gorge between destinations. After a little reading around, we learned that an old railway used to run alongside it until the 1970's. It is now disused, used as a footpath.
Today, we went to investigate.
The walk takes you through two tunnels of around 500m long. Both of which have a turn to them, so you end up in complete darkness even in the bright Scottish sunshine!
https://fifewalking.com/find-a-walk/tayside/glenfarg-railway-tunnels/
So, yesterday I wrote about my working route planner for Denmark that refuses to drive on roads named after men.
This is based on work I have been doing on OpenStreetMap. I have added information for about 30-40,000 individual Danish roads (about 120-150,000 ways in OSM) linking to Wikidata topics. Afterwards I have put up a frontend to search for street names and topics.
My site is in Danish, but the idea still gets through:
https://navne.findvej.dk/
Because today you really needed to see a corgi skateboarding. Just trust me on this ...
🚀 Voyager 1 isn’t done yet — not even close 🧠🔧📡
NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion
📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth
They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.
This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.
The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.
#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix/
70% of Edinburgh Council's active travel projects are delayed. Now the council is deciding which schemes to "pause" entirely. Join us outside the City Chambers this Thursday (May 22nd) at 08:30am to tell them that these delays cost lives!
As some of you know my current fixed term contract as a research software engineer at the University of #Glasgow is coming to an end. So, I am looking for a new job either in or out of academia where I would get to do more programming than admin.
I have written open source geospatial software in academia and industry for the last 30 years. I'm good at debugging, teaching, mentoring but not meetings.
more details at https://www.ianturton.com/hire-me/index.html
