Kia is recalling over 21,000 EV9 SUVs over a faulty airbag issue
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Kia is recalling over 21,000 EV9 SUVs over a faulty airbag issue
Kia issued a recall affecting more than 21,000 EV9 SUVs because the airbag system may fail to detect a child...Peter Johnson (Electrek)
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Almost 30,000 Pounds Of Beef Were Recalled — Here Are The States Impacted
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Almost 30,000 Pounds Of Beef Were Recalled — Here Are The States Impacted
Nearly 15 tons of beef raise in Argentina and imported into a couple of US states has been recalled. Here's what to look for in your freezer.Kathy Bradshaw (The Takeout)
25,000 Lbs. of Chicken Products Recalled in 5 States: USDA | The Healthy
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25,000 Lbs. of Chicken Products Recalled in 5 States: USDA
The reason echoes a recent issue the USDA has been following—one that's becoming peculiarly common.Kristine Gasbarre (The Healthy)
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Everybody's talking about Tim Curry's great roles, but this one seems to get overlooked, he is serious disturbed and disturbing in this role.
Playing with Hubzilla
Gotta say, I'm not even quite sure how to describe it, but it is interesting, its based on Friendica, sort of, same developer, later project, many of the same parts as they are kinda modules that can be used to build a Fedi application.
So, what do I think of Zotum?
Well, uptime is kinda crap, the account is less than 6 hours, and I've already had multiple problems reaching the server, plus problems getting searches to resolve, rather than just hanging there.
Hubzilla?
Interesting, complicated, it can be many things, even more than #friendica , heck even a web site. No, really, take a look at hubzilla.org/ , that's a Hubzilla serving as a web page. Community page, blog, microblog, web page, gallery I guess, I mean a lot. Even the most basic functions like Activity Pub and Diaspora sharing are apps that must be installed, and then activated, which is kind of a strange way to do things.
Adding friends is also a bit odd, I'm used to Wafrn's easy way, just search for the user, it'll pull up posts by them, mentioning them, their profile page, etc, and you can click on follow there if'n you want to follow them. Hubzilla? Go to connections, ignore the search box there, click on add, put the user into the search that pops up there. This seems harder than it needs to be.
Then there's post problems, though these I think are a side effect of the front end, Devils Panties, a comic whose RSS feed I follow? Most of the posts show up as just a link on my timeline. Share a web site to my timeline? Just a link, no displayed preview, however I can see the post complete with a preview, so that's definitely the front end
Its interesting as I said, and it may even replace this place, especially if'n I can find a host that'll do custom themes, there are definitely some interesting options out there: github.com/saiwal/Utsukta-hub-… Honestly those themes give a good look at the flexibility of Hubzilla.
#Fediverse #hubzilla #friendica
GitHub - saiwal/Utsukta-hub-themes: A collection of custom themes developed for hubzilla.
A collection of custom themes developed for hubzilla. - saiwal/Utsukta-hub-themesGitHub
Ok, need to figure out how to export my contact list from bark.wolp.chat , because while I'm not sure I'm done with Wafrn, I know I'm damn well done with that instance.
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name - Ars Technica
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New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead...Ars Contributors (Ars Technica)
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Starbucks Workers Call For Boycott Amid Contract Fight | HuffPost Impact
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Frankly I'm too frugal to spend my money there, and this is just another reason not too.
#Starbucks #coffee #union #boycott
Starbucks Workers Union Calls For Boycott Amid Contract Fight
The campaign has organized hundreds of stores since 2021 but still doesn’t have a collective bargaining agreement.Dave Jamieson (HuffPost)
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What ICE really stands for
#cartoon by Pedro X. #MolinaReference: newsweek.com/ice-arrest-mom-da…
ICE Arrest Mom, Daughter at Hospital After Vehicle Smashes Into Their Car
Two Ecuadorian women injured in a Florida crash were questioned about immigration status in hospital before ICE detention.Billal Rahman (Newsweek)
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Ok, the Fediverse is getting old
So, decided to try Hubzilla, and set up an account on Zotum.net…
And now apparently that's died. Seriously, bark is still down after 2… 3? days, this place is on borrowed time, and apparently anywhere I go on the Fediverse is either on borrowed time or unable to offer more than a few hours of uptime.
Ibuprofen Recalled for Reported Cross-Contamination | The Healthy
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Ibuprofen Recalled for Reported Cross-Contamination
It appears to be marketed to a certain demographic—here are the just-announced FDA details.Kristine Gasbarre Qaderi (The Healthy)
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Tim Curry Dead: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Star Was 80
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Honestly I can't say I'm surprised having seen him recently, he had a stroke back in 2012 which I wasn't aware of, and he hasn't looked particularly healthy last I saw him.
Tim Curry Dead: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Star Was 80
Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.Chris Morris (Variety)
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This is so very, very wrong… And hilarious
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Dolly Parton's Real Legacy Is Her Charity Work | HuffPost Life
A Huge Part Of Dolly Parton's Legacy Has Nothing To Do With Music
The “9 to 5” singer wasn’t just iconic songs, big hair and sequins.Brittany Wong (HuffPost)
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Flock Once Tried To Turn Every Ride Share Driver Into Part Of Its ALPR Network
Until just recently, Flock never felt it needed to rehabilitate its image, even when several cities were dumping contracts and cameras over persistent surveillance concerns. When cities shut down s…Techdirt
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Trump Admin Threatens To Demolish Kennedy Center Unless His Name Is Added To Building | HuffPost Latest News
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Trump Admin Threatens To Demolish Kennedy Center Unless His Name Is Added To Building
The performing arts center “cannot survive, either structurally or financially” without Trump’s help and proper credit, attorneys for his administration argued in a new court filing.Nina Golgowski (HuffPost)
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Patent Troll SLAPPs Lawyer For Saying His Shell Companies Never Pay Up, Loses, Now Owes Her Money
With everything else going on in the world, it’s been a while since we’ve dug into a good old-fashioned patent troll story or a bogus defamation SLAPP. Today we’ve got a two-for-o…Techdirt
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Can't win with the Fediverse, can I?
If'n I disappear, its because bark.wolp is down again, again for 12+ hours with no news any where, while at the same time, @GoFedi who hosts this blog has been sending me emails letting me know I'm running out of space here, but there's been no response here to my questions, so I guess this blog has a limited lifetime.
Really not sure what I'm going to do, I like the features of Friendica, though it lacks a few I'd like, but I really don't like the interface, nothing a good alternate front end wouldn't fix, but nothing like that exists. And hosted instances are basically non-existant, GoFedi is the replacement for my previous host, the only straightforward host I've found. #gotosocial isn't quite ready yet, it lacks some features that I expect, particularly the ability to provide a synopsis for links, plus like the rest of the Fediverse outside of #friendica , it lacks some features I want. I won't quit the Fediverse, but depending on what happens and when, I may disappear for an extended period until I have time to figure out what I want to do.
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@🌴 Seph 💭 👾 That's one nice thing about Hubzilla: You can customise the UI apart from theming. You can completely change the layout. (Not sure if you can do that with Saiwal's themes, but you can with Redbasic.)
By default, a new channel has barely got any icons in the navbar and not even that many in the app menu. The right-hand end of the navbar of a new channel only contains icons for search, HQ, help and the app menu. You can configure under Apps which icons shall appear where. Star them, and they're in the menu. Pin them, and they're on the navbar.
In fact, whereas (I think) Friendica has all its features on all the time, Hubzilla is very modular. Many of its features are optional and off by default; they're called "apps". If you don't need it, don't activate it, and you won't have UI elements for it.
Even the various pages can be rearranged in the PDL editor. You don't need something, throw it out. You only need one sidebar, choose a layout with only one sidebar instead of both. You can do without any sidebars, pick a layout without sidebars.
Saiwal's theme previews have to show what can be done with them. Hence, a lot of UI elements are in place that either can be configured away or have to be configured into place in the first place.
For example, if you look at the AdminLTE preview: You only have to pin the apps that you need all the time. If you want to, you can unpin them all, and they're gone. But then you'll have to go via the Featured Apps menu to get to them. You can slim that down as well, but then you have to open the Apps page to get to them.
The entire wide dark navigation bar on the left can be folded in if you don't need it. Fold it out when you need it.
Main Navigation looks like a homebrew element that doesn't necessarily have to be default. The Archives field can be configured away or has to be configured into place.
The buttons below the posts can't be reduced that much. The speech bubble unfolds the comments. Then come thumb up and (optional, off-by-default) thumb down. Next comes repeat (= share on Friendica). The smiley is for replying with nothing but one emoticon; I think this is actually an optional feature, too.
Now, when I look at the Solidified preview: Almost every other button on the left-hand bar is for an app that isn't even activated by default. Most of the rest are for features that are available right away, but their buttons usually aren't.
Most of what's on the right was probably configured in for the showcase. Even if it's there by default, it can be removed.
The centre only seems cluttered because the posts are arranged across three columns instead of all in one. Even there you can choose how to arrange the posts.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #UtsuktaThemes #AdminLTE #Solidified #Hubzilla
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Kurdish-Syrian refugees are training AI models for object recognition. The same technology will later be used in combat drones that target precisely this population group.
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This isn’t a dystopia—it’s one of the works in “The World Through AI” at the Schirn in Frankfurt. Hito Steyerl’s installation “Mechanical Kurds” reveals what lies behind seemingly autonomous systems.
koblenzdigital.wordpress.com/2…Zu Gast bei „The World Through AI“: Die Schirn zeigt die Schattenseiten der KI
„Das wird heute keine Wohlfühlveranstaltung“ – so eröffnet unsere Führerin den Rundgang durch „The World Through AI“ in der Schirn. Sie behält recht: Zwischen kurdischen Gef…Koblenz Digital
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