#JPEGXL / #JXL, the most requested and upvoted focus area proposal for #web #Interop, has again been rejected as a discussion topic for 2024's web platform Interop industry event, because "We did not have consensus to include this proposal."

Given the industry's broad support, lack of "consensus" sounds an awful lot like "the Google Chrome team lead who authored the AVIF format arranged for it to be vetoed."
https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/430

German cycling activist Andreas Mandalka aka #natenom (43) has been killed by a 77 year old car driver while he was cycling on a road.

He was known for his efforts to raise political and authority awareness about the need for safe cycling infrastructure. Too often he was criticised and paternalised for this.

RIP #natenom

#cycling #bicycle #Activism #mobility #cars

You can see part of his work in his blog:
https://natenom.de

I just released a new collection of Amiga #ASCIIart! Here's a few examples, but it's 5959 lines long so there's plenty more...

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🡆 https://www.goto80.com/dxma

this came from a conversation about why you'd vousvoyer someone in "voulez-vous couchez avec moi ce soir" and apparently you'd do that if it was 1974 and you're being very formal.

Apparently you wouldn't do this to proposition a group of people, though, even if it gramatically sounds like you might

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff | The Guardian

Reminder that this money does *not* go to the temps (mostly nurses and doctors) who only get a tiny fraction of it: it's money paid to commercial employment agencies, ie. Tory donors. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/16/nhs-across-uk-spends-a-staggering-10bn-on-temporary-staff

Here's my contribution to #portfolioDay. I'm not a professional but maybe this is a good excuse to post something  

Some older #pastel and #aquarelle works from 2018 and 2019, and the #inkPainting magpies from last fall.

#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #humanMadeArt #watercolor #waterColour