Google have been quietly de-listing #XMPP apps from their Play store one-by-one for made-up reasons. Today they finally came for Conversations (https://gultsch.social/@daniel/111929074071688694 ).
@fdroidorg doesn't have these problems, and they additionally rebuild from source, supporting reproducible builds (so unlike the Play store, you know the published source code matches what's in the app you download). With their recent enhancements (https://f-droid.org/2024/02/01/twif.html ) I'll be recommending it to more people.
Some news about pesticides in oats that affects our family and probably yours as well.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/02/ewg-finds-little-known-toxic-chemical-four-out-five-people-tested
Here are some links to scientific studies about the potential problems of the pesticide in question.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16466532/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32622971/
Alright Denver Museum of Nature and Science, you crack me up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlleAZyImj4
Trying to refine how our family organizes their recorded pictures and videos. Data is coming in from all sorts of places. So many files have duplicates and duplicate names (I.E. IMG_1001). Data is being migrated to a ZFS dataset and organized with DigiKam. Lots of tagging and adding descriptions happening. Can anyone think of any downsides to renaming the files according to their hash? The end goal is to have many directories, named after tags, full of hard linked media. Thoughts?
A local band that just didn't get enough love IMO.
https://youtu.be/zWAk_CUmpIo
The Wonka movie wasn't bad for a fun family movie. Chalamet was a good cast for a young Wilder and he made a memorable performance. The plot seemed devoid of any social agenda, which was refreshing, and I can even remember a few lines from some of the songs. Almost every musical lately has had such bad, forgettable, music.
I am so grateful for modern conveniences. I often think about how difficult it would be raising a kid with a disability without them. In times past folks would send their kids off to asylums and I can understand that choice, especially if they had lots of other kids to consider. Thankfully now, if Heidi makes a mess, I can just shower her off, throw some things in the washer, etc...Several of my blind friends have had their lives improved so much by technology. Use these amazing tools wisely!
The humble heliograph…
https://youtu.be/zhFevbuwS88
Nostr:
acd1f62fad47b98657ac57e91c34613201d0ad273f331b67799874b887c42c60
Marathon Training:
https://theoutpost.life/marathon