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The Online Etymological Dictionary is a Gem of the Internet.

It's one of those quirky, one-person-effort projects that hugely increases the value and quality of the modern Web for me. And can for you as well.

As the Season of Begging Websites is upon us, I strongly encourage anyone who can help commit to its upkeep to do so.

The site itself is: etymonline.com

Paypal:
paypal.com/donate/?token=uMxcq

Patreon: patreon.com/etymonline?utm_sou

Merch: cafepress.com/etymonline?utm_s

#OccasionalEtymology

Holy smokes.

LibreOffice runs on the Librem 5!

AND IT WORKS.

Saving files, opening files, typing... the UI is a bit cramped (it's a desktop app on a phone)... but hot-diggity! It works!

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That escallated quickly: Typhoon #Hagibis goes from tropical storm to cat-5 typhoon with 890 millibar pressures and 300 kph (185 mph) winds, in 24 hours.

Presently moving through the Mariana Islands.

I'd spotted this via the Nullschool Earth Weather Visualiser (earth.nullschool.net), quickly confirmed via Force Thirteen, which runs a quite good tropical weather channel.

invidio.us/watch?v=E_dbBIPQIlo

#TropicalStorm

“For decades, the overriding objective of American business and government has been to remove friction from the tracking system, by linking networks, by speeding connections, by eliminating barriers. But friction is the only thing that has ever made privacy, let alone obscurity, possible. If there’s no friction, if we can all be profiled instantly and intimately, then there’s nothing to stop any of our neighbors from being targeted…”

nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazin

The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book

Governments are spending a remarkable amount of resources attacking books — because their supposed limitations are beginning to look like ageless strengths.

nytimes.com/2019/10/03/opinion

#Books #BookNews

Climate change 'accelerating', say scientists bbc.com/news/science-environme

> We should listen to the loud cry coming from the schoolchildren. There is an emergency - one for action in both rapidly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions towards zero and adapting to the inevitable changes in climate.

@dredmorbius That may be one of the ten most effective presentations on the subject. It would seem that the FT is "woke" on climate crisis .

Climate Change: what do you want me to say? | FT

"The future has come to meet us. Most of the people watching this will be there when it happens."

I'm just going to note that this is the premiere finance and business publication, the Financial Times, who's producing this. You cannot get any more mainstream.

youtube.com/watch?v=j43XK0wzMd

#ClimateChange #FinancialTImes #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction

"A libertarian internet commentator and alleged cult leader who amplifies "scientific racism," eugenics and white supremacism to a massive new audience, Stefan Molyneux operates within the racist so-called “alt-right” and pro-Trump ranks."

splcenter.org/fighting-hate/ex

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