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By the skin of my teeth, and JUST for the end of #marchintosh, I'm releasing libmui which is a Linux UI interface library heavily inspired by MacOS classic (and GS/OS!). https://github.com/buserror/libmui
GitHub - buserror/libmui: Classic MacOS & GS/OS widget library for linux (and other?)

Classic MacOS & GS/OS widget library for linux (and other?) - buserror/libmui

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#Mastodon 4.2 is out! This massive update features new search functionality and many usability improvements. See the extensive changelog and upgrade instructions here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0

Release v4.2.0 · mastodon/mastodon

We are excited to release Mastodon 4.2.0, our next major upgrade 🎉 In this version, we've added (opt-in) search for posts, along with a refined set of privacy options where users can decide whether...

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'The Art of Insight' cover and back cover, first version (publication date: November 15, 2023)

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born #OTD in 1943. As a grad student at Cambridge in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars!

Photo: National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library

Congrats to my partner Megan Torza and to the rest of the new Executive of the Toronto Society of Architects elected last night.
#architecture #urbanism #toronto
The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, launched #OTD in 1972, famously carries a gold-anodized aluminum plaque that encodes its origins. The plaque was suggested by science journalist Eric Burgess, designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, and illustrated by Linda Salzman Sagan.

👽 1: Is this the right solar system

👽 2: Idk, their transmissions refer to only 8 planets

👽 1: [counting] But the plaque shows 9 planets

👽 2: We should visit them and ask-

👽 1: Negative, no one just changes the number of planets, let's try the next system

Need a record? Take a record. You've heard of "Little Free Libraries" ... well here's Hamilton's “Little Free Library” for records at Beasley Park.
#cities #urbanism #music #record
Next time you're using one of those soggy paper straws, remember that over 200 private jets took off immediately after the Super Bowl. That's the same carbon emission as 3,000 commercial fights.* Private jets should be illegal. Every celebrity who flies in one knows exactly what they're doing, and doesn't give two shakes.