A DEC PDP for every season. Winter (Datasystem 570), Spring (PDP-12), Summer (PDP11/70), and Fall (PDP8/e). From the System Source Computer Museum in Baltimore, MD (2021 photos by me) #retrocomputing

@mrundkvist whoa, at the same dig site?

A centralized fix for rb_define_* functions in Ruby (indications: extensions failed to build in CI)
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/13202

Thanks, everyone involved!

#ruby

I will never understand the fear of “overreacting” to Nazism. You’re worried about being too alert to genocidal ideology? That’s like worrying the fire alarm is being rude to the flames.

Meanings of the smoke for the upcoming papal conclave:

Black smoke means they're burning oil, which could be a sign of piston ring or valve stem seal wear

White smoke means they're burning coolant and the papal head gasket has blown

Riksarkivet makes 1M manuscript documents searchable.

https://riksarkivet.se/inlagg/riksarkivet-gor-en-miljon-handskrivna-dokument-sokbara

Ed Smiylie, once chief of NASA's crew systems division, has died on April 21, 2025, at the age of 95: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-042725a-apollo-13-engineer-ed-smylie-carbon-dioxide-scrubber-mailbox-obituary.html - his death came almost 55 years to the day after he and his team figured out how to combine a spacesuit hose, a sock, a plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape to clean the air for the #Apollo13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert during their emergency trip back to Earth.

Carbonization reaches the Old World!

#carcinization

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/alien-orc-craboids

@despotdahl.bsky.social Säg det på svenska! KLUNKLINJEN!

Swedish investigative journalist Joakim Medin charged in Turkey with, uh, writing articles and, uh, books, "insulting the president".

I join the union of Swedish journalists in condemning this show trial.

https://sjf.se/aktuellt/202504/uttalande-vi-fordomer-atalet-mot-joakim-medin

Context: RSF's World Press Freedom Index places Türkiye at 158/185 of indexed countries.
https://rsf.org/en/country-türkiye

I'm hiring for two roles; hybrid, UK-only. A junior Ruby-on-Rails developer looking to step up to the next level of their career & similarly a front-end dev:

https://uk.indeed.com/job/ruby-rails-developer-13eea042eabb3ab6

https://uk.indeed.com/job/front-end-developer-c2853d1cf4358bce

Charanga's platform is used worldwide to make music teaching and learning more impactful, engaging and accessible.

We’re launching a new stand-alone platform to support one of the UK’s most prestigious arts institutions, and both roles will be working on this.

Boosts appreciated!

@samuel Förbjud aktiebolag i välfärden, let's go

@CiaraNi @engravecavedave there are often workshops advertised on dukop, there's one today in Valby for example and there is a signal group dedicated to "leaving Meta" which organises regular get togethers too, you can see all details here: https://dukop.dk/en/event/leaving-meta-fyraften-peek-inside-the-black-box/7777/

#transrightsarehumanrights

20 years in prison for mRNA vaccines, like most effective against COVID.

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MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist

By: Christopher Ingraham
April 22, 2025

A group of eight Republicans in the Minnesota House have introduced legislation (HF3219) that would designate certain vaccines and medical treatments as “weapons of mass destruction” and make possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The legislation ... targets messenger RNA (mRNA) treatments, which include several COVID-19 vaccines. Those vaccines have saved millions of lives...

https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/22/mn-republicans-introduce-vaccine-criminalization-bill-drafted-by-florida-hypnotist/

#MnPol #politics #uspol #uspolitics #fascism #covid #covid19 #ConspiracyTheory #bullshit

Feldschlange. Snaky cannon.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldschlange

The names are cute:

> Die Feldschlange, auch Kolubrine (von lateinisch colubrinus – „schlangenartig“; französisch Couleuvrine, englisch Culverin, türk. Kolomborna) oder Kalverine, war ein Kanonentyp des späten Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit.

#1500s #artillery

Happy Earth Day!

There’s a lot of bad stuff going on in the world and it’s hard to be optimistic for our planet.

But remember that not even Trump can stop the energy transition

#uspol

https://www.eenews.net/articles/clean-energy-transition-will-persist-under-trump-analyses-say-2/

Fwd: "New Wikimedian in Residence at Maastricht University" https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2025/Contents/Netherlands_report#New_Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_Maastricht_University

"Of every five projects that have been carried out with Wikimedia at universities in the Netherlands, four have been due to the efforts of Maastricht University. Since 2014 various activities at the University have been organised."

#openscience #wikimedia #maastricht

"Sverige ser inte ut att klara något av sina nationella klimatmål för 2030, 2040 eller 2045 – eller EU:s bindande mål till 2030. Det slår Naturvårdsverket fast i en ny rapport till regeringen." Det är fan mörkt.

@LeoR1010 En mysfarbror, verkligen. Han får alla samtal att bli så familjära. Ibland också ganska nördiga på ett härligt vis.