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We were the future once, millennials mutter
Rents in a German social housing project have not increased since the Middle Ages - meaning residents pay just 88 cents a year to live there.
The Soviet Union Creates a List of 38 Dangerous Rock Bands: Kiss, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Village People & More (1985)
Your parents are elderly, your kids need you, and it's up to you to tend to the needs of everyone. Welcome to the sandwich generation.
Aurora from Blackhead Beach, Dunedin
Ah...aurora australis! At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within Ōtepoti?
Bit of an Aurora tonight from here in New Zealand
Aurora Australis
Aurora Australis, Wangaratta
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Oh my god, Copilot is allowed to create and fix issues on Microsoft github repos and it goes exactly as you'd have imagined.
Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right.
www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
🚨 Don’t miss this opportunity.
The call for organizers for WordCamp Asia 2026 closes May 31. Help lead an event that brings thousands together across Asia and the world.
📍Apply today: asia.wordcamp.org/2026/
#WCAsia #WordPress
Once again, there are plenty of homes - developers just haven’t sold them because they’re worried about their profit margins.
The US is to start discussions on withdrawing troops from Europe later this year, the US NATO ambassador tells Reuters.
That’s the start of the end of the Cold War alliance. Europe is on its own and needs to act accordingly.
“Before joining MIT, Aidan spent two years as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, working on topics in macroeconomics and monetary policy”
Group photo from WP Campus Connect.
Group photo from WP Campus Connect.
Photo of two WP Campus Connect attendees posing behind a social media post cutout.
Group photo from WP Campus Connect.
WordPress Campus Connect is now an official event series after a successful pilot. With hands-on training, meetups, and scholarships, we’re building a vibrant community for students. Join us as we expand opportunities in WordPress education: wordpress.org/news/2025/05/wo...
#WordPress
As you'd expect I guess. Crashes the Temu business model.
Temu Trump too? Dunno.
Running a full-network Bluesky relay costs less ($19) than my beefy but ~single user Mastodon hosted instance ($24).
People underestimate how much data optimized software can move through efficient protocols on modern non-cloud hardware.
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l
Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff meaning it is effectively shutting down. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut off by the Trump administration.
By @emilyzfeng.bsky.social
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Flame of Forest in bloom, painting the sky red.
'Feature interview: how Meta and X will eat themselves'
w Cory Doctorow
#enshittification
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Nuno is in Guimarães in Portugal and reports that "emergency shoppers crowd the few supermarkets with generators at lunchtime as parents pick students from closed schools." Sebastian messaged me from Porto, Portugal, saying "everyone is walking around with nothing to do," as he worries about problems with payments and shop supplies. "I am locked out of my apartment as the building has electronic key, que for cash (of the few ATMs working) are long with many people taking out significant sums," he says.
#infinitedetail www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
🚨 BREAKING: The mega power outage in Spain and Portugal threatens to last 10 more hours.
Read the developing story here: ow.ly/ce9150VIRn9
I would buy a forest and lock it under a conservation trust with salaries for 3 rangers paid for 300 years
WordPress 6.8 released, Block Accessibility checks, Stacking cards layout (326) gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-6-... curated by @bph.social mentions @jeffpaul.com @jonathanbossenger.com @justintadlock.bsky.social @troychaplin.bsky.social @juanmaguitar.bsky.social @audrasjb.bsky.social @riad.blog
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
