Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

"Almost any scene we ever did, we could look into each other's eyes and be comforting or uplifting for each other.” — Mary Tyler Moore

Valerie Harper (1939-2019) was born on this day.

People keep saying, we should not use electric cars, because the car batteries are damaging the environment.
Jerry visits a recycling facility which recycles 95 percent of car battery materials, and the process is quite clever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xrarUWVRQ

Absolutely outstanding work from Microsoft and its AI-generated stories as it gives you top tips for things to do when visiting Ottawa. Spot #3 is a real hidden gem but the writeup really does it justice.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/headed-to-ottawa-here-s-what-you-shouldn-t-miss/ar-AA1faajY#image=3

This has absolutely no business, none whatsoever, being as good as it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzR9HwhhlkA

"10 years ago today, people said we were crazy to pedestrianize Broadway 🇺🇸. Today, it would be crazy to bring the🚗cars back." ~ Janette Sadik-Khan

The marketplace of ideas is when the government chooses which subjects colleges may teach. Academic freedom is when the state decides your subject shouldn't be allowed. The Classical Liberal Arts Tradition is when political appointees get to judge whether something is science.

More crazy Hahn stories

Dasgupta defended his Cambridge thesis the day before his wedding, Hahn was external examiner

Hahn said he got a proof wrong

Dasgupta found *Hahn's* proof was wrong, rushed to his home hours before his wedding to settle the matter

Hahn: "you must learn that Uncle is never wrong"

Dasgupta: I didn't wish to dispute this, I was going to be late for my wedding

@historyofeconomics #histecon #historyofeconomics

With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy's truck leaves him too.

Wisconsin’s #Dairy Industry Relies on #Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive
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Undocumented #immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many #farm workers to risk fines and #arrest.

“It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.

#Wisconsin #Immigration #Farming #Farms #Safety #Police #Driving #Cards #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-dairy-undocumented-immigrants-drivers-licenses?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Did you know, you can use LibreOffice to merge multiple PDFs?

If not, then read on:

https://itsfoss.com/merge-pdf-linux/

Tech companies: with the power of tech you can work from anywhere!

Also tech companies: we still need you to come back into the office though.

(This is not a post about me)

A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser :

* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

The (tragically under-watched) show "Halt and Catch Fire" did a terrific job of conveying that sense of wonder people felt about video games from the mid-80s to the mid-90s.

From text adventures to the single-dev games at Atari, from Mario Bros to DOOM.

Why don't I feel that anymore?

Last night, as I was playing the newest Ratchet & Clank, seeing the world's rich detail and astounding graphics, I wondered: Is it because our imaginations did most of the work back then?

#Gaming