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https://ente.io/ is an amazing #selfhosting solution for photo management that's fast, private, and thoughtfully built.

One area that could really level it up? Polish the UX for tagging faces.

If you care about this too, please read & upvote the discussion https://github.com/ente-io/ente/discussions/9125

#foss #photo

Ente Photos: Store and share your photos with absolute privacy

Ente Photos is the private, secure photo storage app with end-to-end encryption. Cross-platform, open source, and self-hostable. Start with 10GB free.

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Anyone know why #SFWifi in #SanFrancisco #California dropped from 39 locations (as of September) offered to just 21? I can't find any press coverage or statements by the city. https://web.archive.org/web/20250925145336/https://www.sf.gov/information--sfwifi
#SFWiFi | SF.gov

Free wireless internet access in selected areas and parks around San Francisco

Yesterday I created two #wikipedia articles!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Alexx (fun pop star)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_Bitcoin (sad crypto scam)
Brooke Alexx - Wikipedia

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@shaedrich thanks. The tool I used to cross post made that automatically but I think they've since stopped for certain platforms.

Creator of pandoc merged a fix to my bug report in less than 24 hours!

This is one of those wonderful things about open source software. I really appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining such a great piece of software and responding to legit bug reports in such a timely manner. He doesn’t owe it to everyone but I sure as heck appreciate it.

https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/11090

#foss #OpenSource #pandoc #books

Failing Path Resolution in Nested Typst Includes · Issue #11090 · jgm/pandoc

Explain the problem. Command: pandoc main.typ -f typst -s -o main.docx Inputs and minimal example available at: https://github.com/RayBB/pandoc-typst-bug-report When converting a Typst project with...

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@arne Friendzone sounds like a really great app. I love the idea especially as some friends don't live right down the street where it's easy to see them often.

Reminds me of
@vesto 's recent blog post about how it takes deliberate effort to preserve culture. Similarly, it takes deliberate effort to maintain our relationships with people who we don't automatically see every day.

https://www.stevegattuso.me/2025/05/02/preserving-values.html

Preserving values and culture in a time of threat

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We’re excited to share the fifth issue of Urbanism Now, your weekly dose of urban ideas from around the globe. This week’s edition is packed with stories on augmented cities, luxury condo failures, self-driving EVs, and even a chance to play the original SimCity for free! https://urbanismnow.substack.com/p/5-8-bit-urban-planning-augmented

Last week, we hit a major milestone: 100 subscribers! Thank you to everyone. Let’s keep growing this community of urban thinkers and doers! Please share it with your network and friends!
#urbanism

#5: Augmented Realities, 8-Bit Urban Planning, and Leaning Luxury Condos

Welcome to the fifth issue of Urbanism Now, our weekly newsletter curated with brief and insightful urban ideas from around the world to inspire action where you (c)are.

Urbanism Now
@mu Woohoo! Also saw that Paris is close to having a fully electric bus fleet!
@pluralistic when I search for "Cory Doctorow book tour" one of the first links that comes up is https://craphound.com/tag/book-tours/ and that unfortunately doesn't include your current book tour. Maybe you can tag the current page so it shows up?
book tours | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com