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The Asahi Linux gang has announced support for Apple's M3 silicon, with a few ifs and buts for owners that want to try out the code on their hardware. According to the project, "Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with an M3 series SoC!" There are, however, some substantial caveats. Want performant or power-efficient 3D acceleration from the GPU? You'll need to wait a bit. How about the HDMI port? "The lack of DCP support means that the HDMI port on equipped MacBooks is currently disabled." Sleep does not work either, although the project noted: "This will be addressed once full DCP support is wired up for M3." Even with those limitations, it is quite a feat of reverse engineering. According to the project, almost everything supported on the M1 and M2 series machines "just works." This includes the webcam, internal microphones, USB, hardware-accelerated video decoding including support for AV1, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The lack of GPU support is nevertheless a significant limitation that will make anything other than a 2D desktop a painful experience. Work is underway, but the synopsis of a talk planned for the X.Org developer conference at the end of September points to hurdles caused by hardware differences from previous generations. Although support for M3-series machines has been merged into the installer, it remains gated behind Expert mode, meaning users must run the installer with EXPERT=1 enabled. The project aims to drop this requirement in time for the Fedora Linux 45 beta in a few weeks, barring any major regressions or other showstoppers. Apple debuted the M3 in 2023, and Asahi's support extends to the M3 Pro and M3 Max. The M3 Ultra, found in the Mac Studio, is not yet on the supported list. With luck, the work on M3, including its GPU, should stand the team in good stead when tackling Apple's subsequent chip generations. Apple announced the M6 last month. ®
The Nitter project will continue "following legal advice," meaning XCancel, a public service built on its open source code, is back online. As of September 7, nitter.net displayed the announcement: "Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue. This instance and others will be back up and running shortly." XCancel, a public instance built on Nitter, was operational again. Nitter is a free, open source front end for reading posts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter before it was acquired and rebranded by self-described "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk. It requires no X account and, according to the project's repository, offers "zero ads" with "no JavaScript required." However, using Nitter or an instance based on it, such as XCancel, can feel like a game of Whac-A-Mole, with frequent changes required whenever X restricts another means of accessing its data. In January 2024, maintainer zedeus declared the project dead after X disabled the guest accounts on which it relied. Nitter returned at the start of 2025 using account sessions, although the maintainer warned: "Nitter is officially back, but hosting an instance is nowhere near as easy as it used to be." Then, on August 24, X deployed the lawyers and sent cease-and-desist letters demanding the permanent removal of Nitter instances and the project's repository. The repository was archived, instances went offline, and for a few weeks the lights went out. The project now says it will continue, although the main nitter.net instance has yet to resume normal operation. According to zedeus, "an announcement will be made within a week, once we're able to reveal more information." The Register asked X to comment, but have yet to receive a response. Nitter and similar front ends serve users who do not want an X account or the platform's tracking, while still allowing them to read posts from organizations that remain active there. Users cannot publish through Nitter, only read public posts. What legal advice persuaded Nitter to continue, and whether X plans another move against the project, should become clearer when zedeus publishes the promised announcement. ®
Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:
What remains of the old Granite Island Causeway, Victor Harbor, South Australia.
The Causeway connects the South Australian City of Victor Harbor with Granite Island, a Conservation Park with free entry.
The Causeway is known for its historical connections to whaling when Victor Harbor was a Port, the means of transporting goods to and from sailing ships berthed at the Screwpile Jetty built in 1878, the Horse-drawn Tram that commenced in 1894 and takes passengers on a return trip daily, the Little Penguin colony and the Island's scenic beauty.
Construction began as a jetty for shipping in 1862 and reached 640 feet (metres). It was extended to the island in 1875 with a final length of 2,073 feet (632 metres). A horse tram to carry freight moving through the Port of Victor Harbor was in use by 1894.
By the end of the 20th century the timber Causeway was in a poor state of repair, and in February 2021 construction of a new concrete and steel causeway was begun adjacent to the original. The project was completed on time and on budget and the new Causeway opened on 22 December 2021.
As you cross the new Causeway, you see etched into the deck a series of indigenous artwork pieces, linked to represent the connection between Dreaming stories and all of their characters in nature. The Ngarrindjeri-Ramindjeri etchings invite a spiritual journey walking on country across the Causeway.
Source: southaustralia.com/products/fleurieu-peninsula/attraction...
Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:
What remains of the old Granite Island Causeway, Victor Harbor, South Australia.
The Causeway connects the South Australian City of Victor Harbor with Granite Island, a Conservation Park with free entry.
The Causeway is known for its historical connections to whaling when Victor Harbor was a Port, the means of transporting goods to and from sailing ships berthed at the Screwpile Jetty built in 1878, the Horse-drawn Tram that commenced in 1894 and takes passengers on a return trip daily, the Little Penguin colony and the Island's scenic beauty.
Construction began as a jetty for shipping in 1862 and reached 640 feet (metres). It was extended to the island in 1875 with a final length of 2,073 feet (632 metres). A horse tram to carry freight moving through the Port of Victor Harbor was in use by 1894.
By the end of the 20th century the timber Causeway was in a poor state of repair, and in February 2021 construction of a new concrete and steel causeway was begun adjacent to the original. The project was completed on time and on budget and the new Causeway opened on 22 December 2021.
As you cross the new Causeway, you see etched into the deck a series of indigenous artwork pieces, linked to represent the connection between Dreaming stories and all of their characters in nature. The Ngarrindjeri-Ramindjeri etchings invite a spiritual journey walking on country across the Causeway.
Source: southaustralia.com/products/fleurieu-peninsula/attraction...
wing of kaz has added a photo to the pool:
福岡県富津市、宮地嶽神社 / Miyajidake Shrine, Futtsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Het is een mooi stel, die 34 35 van wie de groepsreis naar Overasselt eindigde in een verblijfje staatshotel.
"Een van de verdachten, een jonge Amsterdammer, was in juli 2024 betrokken bij een gewelddadige ontvoering van een bejaarde man in Amsterdam. De daders gijzelden de kwetsbare man, bedreigden hem met een vuurwapen en takelden hem daar zelfs mee toe om hem vervolgens van zijn bezittingen te beroven. Hij kreeg een gevangenisstraf van 15 maanden, waarvan zes voorwaardelijk, zo blijkt uit rechtbankstukken. Maar eenmaal buiten de gevangenis wordt hij snel voor vergelijkbare feiten opgepakt door de politie, zowel in februari 2025 als in maart 2025. De verdenking luidt opnieuw ‘wederrechtelijke vrijheidsberoving’ en oplichting. De verdachte zou in februari 2025 er met 15.000 Amerikaanse dollars vandoor zijn gegaan door zich voor te doen als iemand anders. Ook deze zaken vonden plaats in Amsterdam."
Altijd wee die Amsterdammers! Maar wacht even wacht even wacht even. 9 maanden cel, daarna meteen weer de fout in, daarna niks. Is het misschien een ideetje om dit soort lui wat langer vast te houden, zodat de rest van de samenleving er geen last meer van heeft? Of blijven we gewoon lekker aanlummelen alsof Nederland geen narcostaat is?
Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rules
John Healey has said boosting economic growth will be his defining mission as chancellor as he warned Labour had to “be honest” about the need to control public spending at next month’s budget.
In his first big speech since taking the job in July, Healey said the top priority for his 28 October budget would be to support stronger growth across the UK while sticking firmly to the government’s fiscal rules.
Continue reading...Guide price of archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations between £1.2m and £1.6m
An archive of more than 100 hours of Oasis recordings, including concerts, rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, is to be auctioned for up to £1.6m despite objections from the band.
The collection was amassed by the band’s sound engineer Huw Richards, who worked with Oasis from the release of their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, until 2001. It comprises 209 DAT tapes, 73 analogue cassettes and three MiniDiscs, and is being sold by Richards’s son, Owain.
Continue reading...MAAGDENBURG (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Het mandaat om te regeren ligt nu bij Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), stelt CDU-deelstaatpremier Sven Schulze van Saksen-Anhalt: "Wij zijn de oppositie". Zijn christendemocraten eindigden bij de deelstaatverkiezingen op de tweede plek, ruim achter de radicaalrechtse AfD.
Schulze deed zijn uitspraken tijdens een persconferentie met bondskanselier Friedrich Merz. De twee CDU'ers erkenden het verlies van hun partij. Die kreeg zondag 17,2 procent van de stemmen; in 2021 was dat nog 37,1 procent. Schulze zei "passende consequenties" te zullen trekken.
De CDU is een van de vele politieke partijen die samenwerking met radicaalrechts weigert. Dit cordon sanitaire, ook wel de Brandmauer genoemd, staat onder druk door de grote overwinning van de AfD. Die partij behaalde bijna 44 procent van de stemmen, net niet genoeg voor een absolute meerderheid in het parlement. Een AfD-regering is nog niet uitgesloten, omdat de linkse BSW samenwerking met de partij niet afwijst.
LEIPZIG (ANP/DPA) - De politie in Duitsland is een onderzoek gestart naar de mishandeling van de Duitse judoka Timo Cavelius. De olympiër belandde in het ziekenhuis met een kaakfractuur en twee gebroken tanden na een competitiewedstrijd in Leipzig.
Boosdoener was de Georgiër Akaki Japaridze, die doorsloeg na zijn verloren partij tegen Cavelius en drie keer met zijn vuist vol in het gezicht van de Duitser sloeg. Cavelius zal een operatie ondergaan en langdurig uitgeschakeld zijn. Hij mist de WK judo volgende maand in Azerbeidzjan.
De Duitse judobond (DJB) reageerde ontzet op de 'brute' mishandeling. "Een judoka die de mat op stapt, vertrouwt zijn veiligheid toe aan zijn tegenstander. Dit vertrouwen is de basis van onze sport. Deze actie heeft niet alleen Timo ernstig verwond, maar raakt ook iedereen die judo beoefent", aldus een woordvoerder van de DJB.
Voor Japaridze dreigt een levenslange schorsing.
NUUK (ANP) - De EU gaat dit en volgend jaar 200 miljoen euro investeren in Groenland, heeft voorzitter Ursula von der Leyen van de Europese Commissie maandag in het Groenlandse Nuuk bekendgemaakt. Het geld is bedoeld voor nieuwe economische kansen voor de lokale bevolking en moet bijdragen aan een duurzame en vreedzame Arctische regio.
Het partnerschapspakket is maandag ondertekend door Von der Leyen, de Groenlandse premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen en de Deense premier Mette Frederiksen. "Dit zal nieuwe kansen creëren en zorgen voor een sterke en betrokken EU in zowel Groenland als het noordpoolgebied. Want Groenland is een strategische bondgenoot en een betrouwbare vriend", zei Von der Leyen maandag.
Groenland is geen lid van de EU. Het maakt wel deel uit van het Koninkrijk Denemarken, maar is grotendeels autonoom. De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump dreigde eerder Groenland in te nemen.
De Verenigde Staten zetten vorige maand de Japanse president van het Internationaal Strafhof, Tomoko Akane, op een sanctielijst. In Tokio zwelt de kritiek aan op de slappe reactie van premier Takaichi.
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