Notices by M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club), page 34

the fact that instances can be born and can die and that the fediverse is wide enough to support and absorb the members and cultures of the instances that burn out is one of the truly best and most successful things about the fedi and shows that an interlocking system of small communities can support individuals better than a monolithic centralized culture/community can

Ooooooooo

The year was seventeen seventy-eight

Finally a new technology that makes me happy (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡λ
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-released/

Thank you Ludovic, Rekado, et al. from #guix community.

Tired: unsolicited opinion;
wired: unsolicited compassion.

Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels'

> In some regions, the level and nature of persecution is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide, according to that adopted by the UN.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-48146305

actually learning about the history of christianity is the most dangerous thing possible to evangelicalism, which is a reactionary ideology that seeks to erase history so it can make the ridiculous claim that its very particular brand of morality and theology is the true form of christianity that has always existed

This is HUGE. They've more or less found a way to eliminate AIDS by stopping HIV from spreading.

Researchers deserve so much credit for the work they've done in the past 40 years to eliminate this pandemic.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/02/end-to-aids-in-sight-as-huge-study-finds-drugs-stop-hiv-transmission?CMP=share_btn_tw

With the Balkans conquered by Fascist Axis, New York Times ponders Germany's next move: a strike across the Mediterranean at the Suez Canal? Or an invasion of Turkey?

Can you spot the meteorite crater? Its impact created 70,000 tons of tiny diamonds, still sparkling in the local stone buildings. http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2019/05/Ries_crater_Germany  https://bit.ly/2GSYhrU  @esa

The Last Duel Took Place in France in 1967, and It’s Caught on Film

http://www.openculture.com/?p=1064392 https://t.co/CL0E4JTZGX

A raven sat watching the raging battle. Another landed beside it, saying "Sorry I'm late. Who's winning?"
"We are."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

People often wonder why printers are so cantankerous but frankly any device that embeds pigmented runes in the remains of long-dead trees is going to be stricken by an ancient faerie curse from the start