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Entering the US public domain in 2026: Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons.

More info behind window 2 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: publicdomainreview.org/feature… #PDin2026

What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2026?

At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain. Find our highlights of what lies in store for 2026 here.
The Public Domain Review
#publicdomain #pdin2026

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I've just witnessed a completely civil and righteous rage against the machine by an elderly man (80s+) at supermarket self-service checkout here in small city Aotearoa #NewZealand and it was a little bit wonderful.

He'd just finished paying for his groceries when the machine started saying "Please take your items" every 15 seconds or so. At first he just says "I'll do it in my own time thank you," while bagging things up.

The machine keeps telling him to take his items. After around the 5th time, he starts really arguing back:
"I don't have to do what you tell me to do."
"I'll take as long as I need thank you."
"I'll thank you to stop harassing me."

On around the seventh or eighth request that he take his items, he stands back, crosses his arms and says loudly snaps, "No! Not until you be quiet!"

The machine keeps going. The man just stands there, crossed arms, chin stuck out. A standoff is on. Staff come over and ask if they can help and he tells them that if they switch the voice off, he will continue bagging his things and go. If they don't, he's retired and can wait all day.

Machine is turned off/down with sympathy from supermarket staff. Moments later the man leaves the supermarket with the air of someone who's just won a war, expression completely stoic.

#newzealand

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Firemní meeting, 9.00: Bezpečnost! Musíme navyšovat bezpečnost, i za cenu určitého nepohodlí.

Firemní meeting, 11.00: AI agenti! Musíme navyšovat efektivitu. Koukněte, takhle tam nahraju log, najde kde je problém a rovnou navrhne řešení. Stačí to pod adminem zkopírovat do příkazový řádky.

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Looks useful!
@For hand and machine knitters @Fiber Arts

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I suspect that this may be of interest to a certain cross section of the denizens of the Fediverse: “Knit Hello” is a typeface for hand knitting. It’s both a typeface and way to make knitting patterns.

knithello.com

#Knitting #Typography #Knit #Font


Knit Hello – Typeknitting

Knit Hello is a typeface for typographic knitting.
Knit Hello – Typeknitting

@For hand and machine knitters @Fiber Arts

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Kdyby někoho zajímalo, co jsem to tu o víkendu blábolila, tak jsem byla na kurzu "Zpracování lnu". Bylo to super, hlavně to, jak člověk na celý víkend vypnul hlavu a věnoval se jen těm ručním pracem.

Příst jsme se učili na ovčí vlně a pak si zkusili i len, každé se chová jinak. Nemůžu říct, že bych to teď uměla, ale pokrok tam rozhodně byl. A baví mě to.

Naopak tkaní je v základu nezákeřné (když člověku někdo napnul osnovu a tak), ale proniknout do vzorů už by taky bylo na delší studium.

Přípravu surových vláken jsme si jen tak oťukali, ale je to věc, kterou si chci někdy zkusit víc. Vypěstovat kloudný len prý není úplně lehké, možná se nejdřív zkusím vrhnout do kopřiv (obrazně!), ty jsou podobné, mají menší výtěžnost, ale aspoň odpadá pěstování.

Takže prosímvás s apokalypsou ještě chvilku počkejte, než budu umět něco užitečného, jo?

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Tak teď honem nevím, jestli to mám přesdílet pro lidi kolem ručních prací, nebo pro bastlíře, nebo pro fanoušky vesmíru.

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Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer hacked a 1980's knitting machine to create "Stargazing: a knitted tapestry" to show the universe in a unique way. 🇦🇺

Sarah explains, “By using a floppy drive emulator written in Python and a web interface, I can send an image to the Raspberry Pi over the network, preview it in a knitting grid, and tell it to send the knitting pattern to the knitting machine via the floppy drive port ...

magazine.raspberrypi.com/artic…

#WomensArt #Tech #Knitting #raspberrypi


The Knitting Network Printer — Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

What can you do with a vintage 1980s knitting machine? You can turn it into a ‘Knitting Network Printer’, that’s what!
Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

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A feature timer apps should have is being able to start a timer and THEN decide how long it should run for — maybe I want to be alerted five minutes from now, not five minutes from whenever I've managed to type in what I want

Like, you hit "new timer" and this appears:

NEW TIMER

0️⃣5️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣

🔳 From when I press "start"
⬜ From when I pressed "new timer" (3s ago)
⬜ From when I opened the app (7s ago)

▶️

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Někdy začátkem léta jsem během procházky vzdálenějším koncem sídliště našla na zemi spadané zelené lískové oříšky. Taková škoda, počasí jim asi nepřálo, říkala jsem si. Ale taky: My tu máme lísku! Musím se přijít podívat později, jestli na ní něco přece jen nedozraje.

A pak už jsem ji nenašla. Pamatovala jsem si, za kterou autobusovou zastávkou strom stál, obešla jsem ji několikrát dokola, a nebyl tam. Nejsem botanik, ale když jsem vyloučila všechny lípy, javory a jehličnany, žádný kandidát už mi nezbyl.

Až po několikáté marné a pochybnostmi zmítané návštěvě mě napadla nová teorie. Popošla jsem tak o padesát metrů dál, rozhlédla se – a líska se našla. Oni mi přestěhovali zastávku!

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Something I learned about over the weekend, a wonderful pun on Wikipedia is at risk of extinction. If it happens though it'll be for the right reasons at least.

On the "List of Cetaceans" page they have what you'd expect, against each whale in the list is a picture or drawing. Where they have neither they have "[cetacean needed]" which is a glorious pun!

They're down to one remaining, if someone is able to document Deraniyagala's beaked whale in the wild it'd be great news for conservation, but a sad day for puns.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…

Wikimedia list article

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)

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Teď někdy vychází antologie Uvař raka, která vznikla z experimentu: autoři nafasovali různé bizarní názvy a na ty měli vytvořit krátké sci-fi povídky. Do knihy se poskládalo asi padesát textů, což je tak moc, že se našlo místo i pro jeden můj.

argo.cz/knihy/uvar-raka/

Uvař raka — Nakladatelství Argo

Nakladatelství Argo vydává kvalitní prózu, poezii, nonfiction, dětskou literaturu a komiksy.
Nakladatelství Argo

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Well, I made the groups for @knitting and @sewing and they seem to be working. Right now, Knitting will only boost from followers, but I have put in a request to make it from anyone that mentions the group.

So, uh... Enjoy!

#sewing #knitting #fiberarts

Please boost so others that might not follow the hashtags can see.

Also, if you would like to mention the groups but not have it boosted on the group, you can use ! before the @

Thanks so much!

#sewing #knitting #fiberarts @knitting @sewing
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With the previous guppe groups dead I have created a new group, under a different service, with similar functions.
However this one is set to require that you follow the group account in order to be able to boost your content through the group.
The group handle is: @crafters
#crafters #knitting #crochet #embroidery
#knitting #crochet #embroidery #crafters @crafters
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Okay, some really bad news but also a suggestion for a way forward.

The Guppe groups domain name was sold by their registrar before they could renew it. This means all Guppe groups are broken, and their web addresses point to a spam blog 😞

However, there is another group provider called FediGroups, you can find out more on their site:

➡️ about.fedigroups.social/home

FediGroups has features that Guppe never had, including private groups.

(More info about #Guppe situation: github.com/immers-space/guppe/… )

Guppe is dead?

Federated social groups with ActivityPub, NodeJS, Express, and Mongodb - immers-space/guppe
mattcoxonline (GitHub)
#guppe

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@citronmecha @uc
According to Namecheap, it's 12 days, and there are other ccTLDs whose registries have made similar questionable decisions. It seems like all gTLDs should be safe from this, since they have ICANN oversight and ICANN presumably also thinks this is stupid. It's weird that auto renewal didn't do anything. Did they not have it set up or something?

namecheap.com/support/knowledg…

EDIT:

This does not seem to be fully accurate, or at least, Tucows has a different list than Namecheap. They also say 10 days instead of 12, and have shorter time periods for most of the other ccTLDs. It's possible some of this is at the discretion of the registrar. The main point still stands that this is a thing that ccTLD registries seemingly do sometimes, so set your domains to auto renew. The only way to be fully sure would likely be to find detailed descriptions of the policies directly from each registry, or contact them directly to ask, but I do not have the time for that. If someone else wants to, feel free.

support.enom.com/support/solut…

(Thanks for pointing out the discrepancies with the .fr ccTLD, @bortzmeyer )

ccTLD domain policies

There can be various policies and restrictions required when registering certain ccTLDs.  Some of these have residency requirements as well as renewal specifications.  These policies affect who can manage and register these TLDs and how they can ...
Enom Customer Support
@Stéphane Bortzmeyer @Urban Camera @citronmecha
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Řeším situaci, kdy mi pomocný software na určitém souboru padá či nepracuje správně. Vím, že už jsem to někdy řešila, ale už si nepamatuju, jak to dopadlo. Zkouším redukovat, různé varianty, nakonec najdu workaround. Uf, netrvalo to až tak dlouho.

Moment, ještě bych si to měla zapsat do poznámek, ať to nehledám příště. Nalistuju příslušnou sekci poznámek. Tentýž workaround jsem si tam zapsala už letos v březnu.

#pondělí

#pondělí
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@ozzelot nejde vůbec o rozmělnění nebo nerozmělnění, ale o to, že klikacího dokumentu se nezeptám "hele, neřešili jsme už někdy spolu něco jako..."

vím to, například na blogu mám 3899 článků a jestli jsem o něčem konkrétním někdy už psal obvykle zjistím až když už mám půlku na stejné téma hotovou. takový grep holt hledá slova a ne význam...

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His immaculately fitted monochrome suit stood out in stark contrast to the chaotically colourful furnishings of my stall.

"I guess you know why I'm here."

"I'm a spirit medium, not a fortune teller," I reply.

"Oh, well that's what we need. My employer wishes to contact a deceased person."

"Who?" I ask.

"Letitia Jones. She was a COBOL programmer. We need to know how to change her code."

And that was how I became a highly paid consultant to the finance industry.

#MicroFiction #tootfic

#MicroFiction #TootFic
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