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@skyfaller good question. in our family, where we have a medically, complicated kid, we were very open and frank about keeping our son safe.
Every invitation to our house was couched by please do not come over if you are sick or have been exposed to anyone who is sick.
We also ended up hiring private caretaking. We couldn't expose him to daycare for the real fear of him, ending up back in the hospital.
This Saturday, the BetaNYC team will host several pop-up classes at The Oculus. Come join us as we step into the future!
Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer hacked a 1980's knitting machine to create "Stargazing: a knitted tapestry" to show the universe in a unique way. 🇦🇺
Sarah explains, “By using a floppy drive emulator written in Python and a web interface, I can send an image to the Raspberry Pi over the network, preview it in a knitting grid, and tell it to send the knitting pattern to the knitting machine via the floppy drive port ...
https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/knitting-network-printer
> one in three service users cannot access online support without help – a figure that rises to more than six in ten for some benefits.
not sure why they don't link to the survey itself:
Government’s welfare department has published the latest version of a major citizen study which finds that, for some benefit lines, more than three in five cannot use internet services unassisted A Department for Work and Pensions study of thousands of citizens has found that one in three ser
Counter point to blindly digitizing indigenous spaces...
From: @ehasbrouck
https://urbanists.social/@ehasbrouck/115282163021280172
https://www.elliottconfidential.com/p/why-the-brave-new-world-of-ai-travel "Why the brave new world of AI travel planning is already broken: Nearly 90 percent of AI-generated itineraries contain errors. Welcome to a future of confidently delivered misinformation."
Do you want to get a #DecidimAward? Then you can't miss tomorrow's Community Call!
🔹Agenda:
1️⃣ A sneak peek at #DecidimFest 2025 (Nov 4-6): discover the program, speakers, main topics and the Decidim Awards
2️⃣ Roadmap prioritization: explore the new Metadecidim space to vote and propose which improvements should shape our 2026 projects
This is your chance to get involved & maybe even win the Decidim Award in the category for the most active meeting-goer
See you there:
https://meta.decidim.org/assemblies/eix-gov/f/90/meetings/2097
Natasha 
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