Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 2 weeks ago • 100%

***Changelog:** https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes* ### **0.36.2 [2024-09-06]** - Linux: Fix a regression in 0.36.0 that caused font features defined via fontconfig to be ignored ([#7773](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7773)) - [`goto_tab`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-goto_tab): Allow numbers less than `-1` to go to the Nth previously active tab - Wayland: Fix for upcoming explicit sync changes in Wayland compositors breaking kitty ([#7767](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7767)) - Remote control: When listening on a UNIX domain socket only allow connections from processes having the same user id ([#7777](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7777)) - kitten @: Fix a regression connecting to TCP sockets using plain IP addresses rather than hostnames ([#7794](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7794)) - diff kitten: Fix a regression that broke diffing against remote files ([#7797](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7797))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 4 weeks ago • 87%

***Changelog: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes*** ### 0.36.1 [2024-08-17] - Allow specifying that the [`cursor shape for unfocused windows`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.cursor_shape_unfocused) should remain unchanged ([#7728](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7728)) - MacOS Intel: Fix a crash in the choose-fonts kitten when displaying previews of variable fonts ([#7734](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7734)) - Remote control: Fix a regression causing an escape code to leak when using @ launch with `--no-response` over the TTY ([#7752](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7752)) - OSC 52: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke handling of invalid base64 encoded data in OSC 52 requests ([#7757](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7757)) - macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused [`kitty --single-instance`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/invocation/#cmdoption-kitty-single-instance) to not work when using `macos-launch-services-cmdline`

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 1 month ago • 100%

**Changelog:** https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes ### **0.36.0 [2024-08-17]** - Support [OpenType Variable fonts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_font) ([#3711](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/3711)) - A new [choose-fonts](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/choose-fonts/) kitten that provides a UI with font previews to ease selection of fonts. Also has support for font features and variable fonts - Allow animating the blinking of the cursor. See [`cursor_blink_interval`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.cursor_blink_interval) for how to configure it - Add NERD fonts builtin so that users don’t have to install them to use NERD symbols in kitty. The builtin font is used only if the symbols are not available in some system font - launch command: A new [`launch --bias`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/#cmdoption-launch-bias) option to adjust the size of newly created windows declaratively ([#7634](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7634)) - A new option [`second_transparent_bg`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.second_transparent_bg) to make a second background color semi-transparent via [`background_opacity`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.background_opacity). Useful for things like cursor line highlight in editors ([#7646](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7646)) - A new [`notify`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/notify/) kitten to show desktop notifications from the command line with support for icons, buttons and more. - Desktop notifications protocol: Add support for icons, buttons, closing of notifications, expiry of notifications, updating of notifications and querying if the terminal emulator supports the protocol ([#7657](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7657), [#7658](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7658), [#7659](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7659)) - A new option [`filter_notification`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.filter_notification) to filter out or perform arbitrary actions on desktop notifications based on sophisticated criteria ([#7670](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7670)) - A new protocol to allow terminal applications to change colors in the terminal more robustly than with the legacy XTerm protocol ([Setting and querying colors](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/color-stack/#id1)) - Sessions: A new command `focus_matching_window` to shift focus to a specific window, useful when creating complex layouts with splits ([#7635](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/7635)) - Speed up loading of large background images by caching the decoded image data. Also allow using images in JPEG/WEBP/TIFF/GIF/BMP formats in addition to PNG - Wayland: Allow fractional scales less than one ([#7549](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7549)) - Wayland: Fix specifying the output name for the panel kitten not working ([#7573](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7573)) - icat kitten: Add an option [`kitty +kitten icat --no-trailing-newline`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat/#cmdoption-kitty-kitten-icat-no-trailing-newline) to leave the cursor to the right of the image ([#7574](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7574)) - Speed up `kitty --version` and `kitty --single-instance` (for all subsequent instances). They are now the fastest of all terminal emulators with similar functionality - macOS: Fix rendering of the unicode hyphen (U+2010) character when using a font that does not include a glyph for it ([#7525](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7525)) - macOS 15: Handle Fn modifier when detecting global shortcuts ([#7582](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7582)) - Dispatch any clicks waiting for [`click_interval`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.click_interval) on key events ([#7601](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7601)) - `kitten run-shell`: Automatically add the directory containing the kitten binary to PATH if needed. Controlled via the `--inject-self-onto-path` option ~~(disc:7668`)~~ ([#7668](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/7668)) - Wayland: Fix an issue with mouse selections not being stopped when there are multiple OS windows ([#7381](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7381)) - Splits layout: Fix the `move_to_screen_edge` action breaking when only a single window is present ([#7621](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7621)) - Add support for in-band window resize notifications ([#7642](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7622)) - Allow controlling the easing curves used for [`visual_bell_duration`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.visual_bell_duration) - New special rendering for font symbols useful in drawing commit graphs ([#7681](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7681)) - diff kitten: Add bindings to jump to next and previous file ([#7683](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7683)) - Wayland GNOME: Fix the font size in the OS Window title bar changing with the size of the text in the window ([#7677](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7677)) - Wayland GNOME: Fix a small rendering artifact when docking a window at a screen edge or maximizing it ([#7701](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7701)) - When [`shell`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.shell) is set to `.` respect the SHELL environment variable in the environment in which kitty is launched ([#7714](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7714)) - macOS: Bump the minimum required macOS version to Catalina released five years ago. - Fix a regression in [`notify_on_cmd_finish`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.notify_on_cmd_finish) that caused notifications to appear for every command after the first ([#7725](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7725))

Space SmokeInFog • 2 months ago • 100%

www.esa.int

>Their ongoing interaction was set in motion between 25 and 75 million years ago, when the Penguin (individually catalogued as NGC 2936) and the Egg (NGC 2937) completed their first pass. They will go on to shimmy and sway, completing several additional loops before merging into a single galaxy hundreds of millions of years from now. > >The James Webb Space Telescope takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a ‘parade’ of discoveries by astronomers around the world. It has never felt more possible to explore every facet of the Universe. > >The telescope’s specialisation in capturing infrared light – which is beyond what our own eyes can detect – shows these galaxies, collectively known as Arp 142, locked in a slow cosmic dance. Webb’s observations (which combine near- and mid-infrared light from Webb’s NIRCam [Near-InfraRed Camera] and MIRI [Mid-Infrared Instrument], respectively) clearly show that they are joined by a blue haze that is a mix of stars and gas, a result of their mingling. > >. . . And here's a followup video on the James Webb Space Telescope YouTube channel: [A Tour of Arp 142](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRw5UBmaesQ)

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 3 months ago • 100%

**Changelog:** https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes ### 0.35.2 [2024-06-22] - A new option, [`window_logo_scale`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.window_logo_scale) to specify how window logos are scaled with respect to the size of the window containing the logo ([#7534](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7534)) - A new option, [`cursor_shape_unfocused`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.cursor_shape_unfocused) to specify the shape of the text cursor in unfocused OS windows ([#7544](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7544)) - Remote control: Fix empty password not working ([#7538](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7538)) - Wayland: Fix regression in 0.34.0 causing flickering on window resize on NVIDIA drivers ([#7493](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7493)) - Wayland labwc: Fix kitty timing out waiting for compositor to quit fucking around with scales on labwc ([#7540](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7540)) - Fix [`scrollback_indicator_opacity`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.scrollback_indicator_opacity) not actually controlling the opacity ([#7557](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7557)) - URL detection: Fix IPv6 hostnames breaking URL detection ([#7565](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7565))

Valheim SmokeInFog • 3 months ago • 75%

gamefound.com

From [today's Development Blog update](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/892970/view/6851744408531365940?l=english): >. . . > >And just as exciting is the announcement of our very own Valheim board game! Our friends at MOOD Publishing – who have also developed board games such as [Deep Rock Galactic](https://moodpublishing.com/collections/deep-rock-galactic) and [Battle of Gods](https://moodpublishing.com/collections/battle-of-gods) – have done an incredible job with this, and we really couldn’t have left the task in more capable hands. You can find out more about the board game by signing up to its [Gamefound](https://gamefound.com/en/projects/mood-publishing/valheim-the-board-game) page, and there might even be something extra in it for you if you do… > >. . .

science SmokeInFog • 3 months ago • 100%

phys.org

>High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), have renewed the world record for an acquired data amount, 0.92 terabytes (TB) per experiment, in February 2022, by using a full range of state-of-the-art plasma diagnostic devices. > >The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which is currently under construction in France through the international collaboration of seven parties, is expected to generate approximately 1 TB of data per experiment in 10 years, and LHD is currently the only experiment in the world that produces data closely aligned to ITER. > >The promotion of "Open Science," in which large-scale research data assets are utilized and shared across society, was adopted as a joint statement at the G7 meeting held in Sendai, Japan in 2023. NIFS started full-fledged efforts toward Open Science by establishing the "Open Access Policy" in February 2022 and the "Research Data Policy" in October 2022. > >Since 2023, all the data obtained from LHD experiments are open to the public immediately after acquisition and analysis is completed. All computing program source codes for data analysis are also openly available. > >. . .

Space SmokeInFog • 3 months ago • 98%

apnews.com

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/13128061 > ***archive link:** https://archive.ph/JlyLf* > > >SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. > > > >His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. > “The family is devastated,” he said. “He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.” > William Anders, a retired major general, has said the photo was his most significant contribution to the space program along with making sure the Apollo 8 command module and service module worked. > > > >The photograph, the first color image of Earth from space, is one of the most important photos in modern history for the way it changed how humans viewed the planet. The photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space. > > > >NASA Administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson said Anders embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. > > > >“He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves,” Nelson wrote on the social platform X. > > > >. . .

apnews.com

***archive link:** https://archive.ph/JlyLf* >SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. > >His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. “The family is devastated,” he said. “He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.” William Anders, a retired major general, has said the photo was his most significant contribution to the space program along with making sure the Apollo 8 command module and service module worked. > >The photograph, the first color image of Earth from space, is one of the most important photos in modern history for the way it changed how humans viewed the planet. The photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space. > >NASA Administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson said Anders embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. > >“He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves,” Nelson wrote on the social platform X. > >. . .

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 4 months ago • 100%

**Changelog:** https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/ ## **0.35.1 [2024-05-31]** - Wayland: Fix a regression in 0.34 that caused the tab bar to not render in second and subsequent OS Windows under Hyprland ([#7413](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7413)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused horizontal scrolling via touchpad in fullscreen applications to be reversed on non-Wayland platforms ([#7475](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7475), [#7481](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7481)) - Fix a regression in the previous release causing an error when setting [`background_opacity`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.background_opacity) to zero ([#7483](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7483)) - Image display: Fix cursor movement and image hit region incorrect for image placements that specify only a number of rows or columns to display in ([#7479](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7479))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 4 months ago • 100%

*[https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/)* ### **0.35.0 [2024-05-25]** - [`kitten @ run`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-run): A new remote control command to run a process on the machine kitty is running on and get its output ([#7429](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7429)) - [`notify_on_cmd_finish`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.notify_on_cmd_finish): Show the actual command that was finished ([#7420](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7420)) - hints kitten: Allow clicking on matched text to select it in addition to typing the hint - Shell integration: Make the currently executing cmdline available as a window variable in kitty - [`paste_actions`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.paste_actions): Fix replace-newline not working with confirm ([#7374](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7374)) - Graphics: Fix aspect ratio of images not being preserved when only a single dimension of the destination rectangle is specified ([#7380](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7380)) - [`focus_visible_window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-focus_visible_window): Fix selecting with mouse click leaving keyboard in unusable state ([#7390](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7390)) - Wayland: Fix infinite loop causing bad performance when using IME via fcitx5 due to a change in fcitx5 ([#7396](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7396)) - Desktop notifications protocol: Add support for specifying urgency - Improve rendering of Unicode shade character to avoid Moire patterns ([#7401](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7401)) - [`kitten @ send-key`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-send-key): Fix some keys being sent in kitty keyboard protocol encoding when not using socket for remote control - Dont clear selections on erase in screen commands unless the erased region intersects a selection ([#7408](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7408)) - Wayland: save energy by not rendering “suspended” windows on compositors that support that - Allow more types of alignment for [`placement_strategy`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.placement_strategy) ([#7419](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7419)) - Add some more box-drawing characters from the “Geometric shapes” Unicode block ([#7433](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7433)) - Linux: Run all child processes in their own systemd scope to prevent the OOM killer from harvesting kitty when a child process misbehaves ([#7427](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7427)) - Mouse reporting: Fix horizontal scroll events inverted ([#7439](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7439)) - Remote control: [`@ action`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-action): Fix some actions being performed on the active window instead of the matched window ([#7438](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7438)) - Scrolling with mouse wheel when a selection is active should update the selection ([#7453](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7453)) - Fix [`kitten @ set-background-opacity`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-set-background-opacity) limited to min opacity of 0.1 instead of 0 ([#7463](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7463)) - [`launch --hold`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#cmdoption-kitten-launch-hold): Fix hold not working if kernel signals process group with SIGINT ([#7466](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7466)) - macOS: Fix [`--start-as=fullscreen`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/invocation/#cmdoption-kitty-start-as) not working when another window is already fullscreen ([#7448](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7448)) - Add option [`kitten @ detach-window --stay-in-tab`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#cmdoption-kitten-detach-window-stay-in-tab) to keep focus in the currently active tab when moving windows ([#7468](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7468)) - macOS: Fix changing window chrome/colors while in traditional fullscreen causing the titlebar to become visible ([#7469](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7469))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 4 months ago • 100%

sw.kovidgoyal.net

*[https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/)* ### **0.35.0 [2024-05-25]** ::: spoiler testing collapsible sections ``` This is a test of markdown collapsible sections ``` ::: - [`kitten @ run`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-run): A new remote control command to run a process on the machine kitty is running on and get its output ([#7429](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7429)) - [`notify_on_cmd_finish`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.notify_on_cmd_finish): Show the actual command that was finished ([#7420](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7420)) - hints kitten: Allow clicking on matched text to select it in addition to typing the hint - Shell integration: Make the currently executing cmdline available as a window variable in kitty - [`paste_actions`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.paste_actions): Fix replace-newline not working with confirm ([#7374](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7374)) - Graphics: Fix aspect ratio of images not being preserved when only a single dimension of the destination rectangle is specified ([#7380](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7380)) - [`focus_visible_window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-focus_visible_window): Fix selecting with mouse click leaving keyboard in unusable state ([#7390](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7390)) - Wayland: Fix infinite loop causing bad performance when using IME via fcitx5 due to a change in fcitx5 ([#7396](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7396)) - Desktop notifications protocol: Add support for specifying urgency - Improve rendering of Unicode shade character to avoid Moire patterns ([#7401](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7401)) - [`kitten @ send-key`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-send-key): Fix some keys being sent in kitty keyboard protocol encoding when not using socket for remote control - Dont clear selections on erase in screen commands unless the erased region intersects a selection ([#7408](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7408)) - Wayland: save energy by not rendering “suspended” windows on compositors that support that - Allow more types of alignment for [`placement_strategy`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.placement_strategy) ([#7419](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7419)) - Add some more box-drawing characters from the “Geometric shapes” Unicode block ([#7433](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7433)) - Linux: Run all child processes in their own systemd scope to prevent the OOM killer from harvesting kitty when a child process misbehaves ([#7427](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7427)) - Mouse reporting: Fix horizontal scroll events inverted ([#7439](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7439)) - Remote control: [`@ action`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-action): Fix some actions being performed on the active window instead of the matched window ([#7438](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7438)) - Scrolling with mouse wheel when a selection is active should update the selection ([#7453](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7453)) - Fix [`kitten @ set-background-opacity`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-set-background-opacity) limited to min opacity of 0.1 instead of 0 ([#7463](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7463)) - [`launch --hold`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#cmdoption-kitten-launch-hold): Fix hold not working if kernel signals process group with SIGINT ([#7466](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7466)) - macOS: Fix [`--start-as=fullscreen`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/invocation/#cmdoption-kitty-start-as) not working when another window is already fullscreen ([#7448](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7448)) - Add option [`kitten @ detach-window --stay-in-tab`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#cmdoption-kitten-detach-window-stay-in-tab) to keep focus in the currently active tab when moving windows ([#7468](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7468)) - macOS: Fix changing window chrome/colors while in traditional fullscreen causing the titlebar to become visible ([#7469](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7469))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 4 months ago • 100%

[Here's the official documentation](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/mapping/#modal-mappings) on configuring `kitty`'s modal mappings. I made this to explore its uses but also because sometimes my fingers trigger the wrong reflex macro and I accidentally change my layout or alter the window size. This guards against that by literally guarding that behavior behind a key combo that puts me into the express context for altering my window/tab layout and arrangement. To not clutter up your main config, I recommend saving this to its own file and using the `include` directive to bring it in. EDIT: learned that you can map the combo that enters the mode to get out of the mode [kitty-mode-window-tab-arrangement (WTA)](https://pastebin.com/rSD46dh4): ``` map --new-mode WTA kitty_mod+space>kitty_mod+space map --mode WTA kitty_mod+space>kitty_mod+space pop_keyboard_mode map --mode WTA esc pop_keyboard_mode map --mode WTA ctrl+c pop_keyboard_mode # Windows #navigation map --mode WTA h neighboring_window left map --mode WTA a neighboring_window left map --mode WTA left neighboring_window left map --mode WTA j neighboring_window down map --mode WTA s neighboring_window down map --mode WTA down neighboring_window down map --mode WTA k neighboring_window up map --mode WTA w neighboring_window up map --mode WTA up neighboring_window up map --mode WTA l neighboring_window right map --mode WTA d neighboring_window right map --mode WTA right neighboring_window right map --mode WTA f focus_visible_window #resize map --mode WTA alt+h resize_window narrower map --mode WTA alt+a resize_window narrower map --mode WTA alt+left resize_window narrower map --mode WTA alt+l resize_window wider map --mode WTA alt+d resize_window wider map --mode WTA alt+right resize_window wider map --mode WTA alt+k resize_window taller map --mode WTA alt+w resize_window taller map --mode WTA alt+up resize_window taller map --mode WTA alt+j resize_window shorter map --mode WTA alt+s resize_window shorter map --mode WTA alt+down resize_window shorter map --mode WTA ctrl+home resize_window reset map --mode WTA ctrl+r resize_window reset #arrange map --mode WTA shift+h move_window left map --mode WTA shift+a move_window left map --mode WTA shift+left move_window left map --mode WTA shift+l move_window right map --mode WTA shift+d move_window right map --mode WTA shift+right move_window right map --mode WTA shift+j move_window down map --mode WTA shift+s move_window down map --mode WTA shift+down move_window down map --mode WTA shift+k move_window up map --mode WTA shift+w move_window up map --mode WTA shift+up move_window up map --mode WTA shift+m swap_with_window # have to pop_keyboard_mode here to enable answering question map --mode WTA shift+t combine : detach_window ask : pop_keyboard_mode map --mode WTA shift+n combine : detach_tab ask : pop_keyboard_mode # Tabs map --mode WTA shift+alt+] move_tab_forward map --mode WTA shift+alt+right move_tab_forward map --mode WTA shift+alt+l move_tab_forward map --mode WTA shift+alt+d move_tab_forward map --mode WTA shift+alt+[ move_tab_backward map --mode WTA shift+alt+left move_tab_backward map --mode WTA shift+alt+h move_tab_backward map --mode WTA shift+alt+a move_tab_backward # Close others map --mode WTA ctrl+x>w close_other_windows_in_tab map --mode WTA ctrl+x>t close_other_tabs_in_os_window map --mode WTA ctrl+x>o close_other_os_windows # Layout actions enabled_layouts tall:mirrored=true,fat,splits:split_axis=horizontal,splits:split_axis=vertical,grid,horizontal,vertical,stack,tall,fat:mirrored=true map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+7 goto_layout tall map --mode WTA kitty_mod+alt+7 toggle_layout tall:mirrored=true map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+g goto_layout grid map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+w goto_layout fat map --mode WTA kitty_mod+alt+w toggle_layout fat:mirrored=true map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+v goto_layout vertical map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+h goto_layout horizontal map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+z toggle_layout stack map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+y toggle_layout splits:split_axis=horizontal map --mode WTA kitty_mod+alt+y toggle_layout splits:split_axis=vertical map --mode WTA ctrl+alt+, last_used_layout # control number of main windows action_alias increase_main layout_action increase_num_full_size_windows map --mode WTA ctrl+] increase_main map --mode WTA ctrl+up increase_main map --mode WTA ctrl+right increase_main map --mode WTA ctrl+l increase_main map --mode WTA ctrl+w increase_main map --mode WTA ctrl+d increase_main action_alias decrease_main layout_action decrease_num_full_size_windows map --mode WTA ctrl+[ decrease_main map --mode WTA ctrl+down decrease_main map --mode WTA ctrl+left decrease_main map --mode WTA ctrl+h decrease_main map --mode WTA ctrl+s decrease_main map --mode WTA ctrl+a decrease_main # increase main bias action_alias increase_bias layout_action bias 50 66 75 90 map --mode WTA kitty_mod+] increase_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+up increase_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+right increase_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+l increase_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+w increase_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+d increase_bias # decrease main bias action_alias decrease_bias layout_action bias 50 33 25 10 map --mode WTA kitty_mod+[ decrease_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+down decrease_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+left decrease_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+h decrease_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+s decrease_bias map --mode WTA kitty_mod+a decrease_bias ```

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 5 months ago • 100%

*https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes* ### 0.34.1 [2024-04-19] - Wayland KDE: Fix window background blur not adapting when window is grown. Also fix turning it on and off not working. ([#7351](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7351)) - Wayland GNOME: Draw the titlebar buttons without using a font ([#7349](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7349)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused incorrect font selection when using variable fonts on Linux ([#7361](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7361))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 5 months ago • 93%

*(Because of how kitty's documentation is generated (relative anchors, e.g. `#1`, `#2`, etc) makes linking to specific changelog entries problematic as new versions are released; old links will not point to the correct entry. Worse, since the URL is the same, new posts to that url will count as a cross-post.)* **Changelog:** https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes ### **0.34.0 [2024-04-15]** - Wayland: [panel kitten](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/panel/): Add support for drawing desktop background and bars using the panel kitten for all compositors that support the [requisite Wayland protocol](https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1) which is practically speaking all of them but GNOME ([#2590](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/2590)) - Show a small [`scrollback indicator`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.scrollback_indicator_opacity) along the right window edge when viewing the scrollback to keep track of scroll position ([#2502](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/2502)) - Wayland: Support fractional scales so that there is no wasted drawing at larger scale followed by resizing in the compositor - Wayland KDE: Support [`background_blur`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.background_blur) - Wayland GNOME: The window titlebar now has buttons to minimize/maximize/close the window - Wayland GNOME: The window titlebar color now follows the system light/dark color scheme preference, see [`wayland_titlebar_color`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.wayland_titlebar_color) - Wayland KDE: Fix mouse cursor hiding not working in Plasma 6 ([#7265](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7265)) - Wayland IME: Fix a bug with handling synthetic keypresses generated by ZMK keyboard + fcitx ([#7283](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7283)) - A new option [`terminfo_type`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.terminfo_type) to allow passing the terminfo database embedded into the [`TERMINFO`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/glossary/#envvar-TERMINFO) env var directly instead of via a file - Mouse reporting: Fix drag release event outside the window not being reported in legacy mouse reporting modes ([#7244](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7244)) - macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke rendering of some symbols on some systems ([#7249](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7249)) - Fix handling of tab character when cursor is at end of line and wrapping is enabled ([#7250](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7250)) - Splits layout: Fix [`move_window_forward`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-move_window_forward) not working ([#7264](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7264)) - macOS: Fix an abort due to an assertion when a program tries to set an invalid window title ([#7271](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7271)) - fish shell integration: Fix clicking at the prompt causing autosuggestions to be accepted, needs fish >= 3.8.0 ([#7168](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7168)) - Linux: Fix for a regression in 0.32.0 that caused some CJK fonts to not render glyphs ([#7263](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7263)) - Wayland: Support preferred integer scales - Wayland: A new option [`wayland_enable_ime`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.wayland_enable_ime) to turn off Input Method Extensions which add latency and create bugs - Wayland: Fix [`hide_window_decorations`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.hide_window_decorations) not working on non GNOME desktops - When asking for quit confirmation because of a running program, mention the program name ([#7331](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7331)) - Fix flickering of prompt during window resize ([#7324](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7324))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 6 months ago • 100%

sw.kovidgoyal.net

- Fix a regression in the previous release that caused requesting data from the clipboard via OSC 52 to instead return data from the primary selection ([#7213](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7213)) - Splits layout: Allow resizing until one of the halves in a split is minimally sized ([#7220](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7220)) - macOS: Fix text rendered with fallback fonts not respecting bold/italic styling ([#7241](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7241)) - macOS: When CoreText fails to find a fallback font for a character in the first Private Use Unicode Area, preferentially use the NERD font, if available, for it ([#6043](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6043))

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 6 months ago • 100%

sw.kovidgoyal.net

- [Cheetah speed](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/performance/#throughput) with a redesigned render loop and a 2x faster escape code parser that uses SIMD CPU vector instruction to parse data in parallel ([#7005](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7005)) - A new benchmark kitten (`kitten __benchmark__`) to measure terminal throughput performance - Graphics protocol: Add a new delete mode for deleting images whose ids fall within a range. Useful for bulk deletion ([#7080](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7080)) - Keyboard protocol: Fix the `Enter`, `Tab` and `Backspace` keys generating spurious release events even when report all keys as escape codes is not set ([#7136](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7136)) - macOS: The command line args from macos-launch-services-cmdline are now prefixed to any args from open `--args` rather than overwriting them ([#7135](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7135)) - Allow specifying where the new tab is created for [`detach_window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-detach_window) ([#7134](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7134)) - hints kitten: The option to set the text color for hints now allows arbitrary colors ([#7150](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7150)) - icat kitten: Add a command line argument to override terminal window size detection ([#7165](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7165)) - A new action [`toggle_tab`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-toggle_tab) to easily switch to and back from a tab with a single shortcut ([#7203](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7203)) - When [`clearing terminal`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-clear_terminal) add a new type `to_cursor_scroll` which can be used to clear to prompt while moving cleared lines into the scrollback - Fix a performance bottleneck when dealing with thousands of small images ([#7080](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7080)) - `kitten @ ls`: Return the timestamp at which the window was created ([#7178](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7178)) - hints kitten: Use default editor rather than hardcoding vim to open file at specific line ([#7186](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7186)) - Remote control: Fix `--match` argument not working for `@ls`, `@send-key`, `@set-background-image` ([#7192](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7192)) - Keyboard protocol: Do not deliver a fake key release events on OS window focus out for engaged modifiers ([#7196](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7196)) - Ignore [`startup_session`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.startup_session) when kitty is invoked with command line options specifying a command to run ([#7198](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7198)) - Box drawing: Specialize rendering for the Fira Code progress bar/spinner glyphs

Technology SmokeInFog • 7 months ago • 87%

www.rollingstone.com

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9303135 > Huh, though the #ElonMusk clock is broken, this is one of the times of the day it’s still correct: > >Elon Musk accused Sam Altman and OpenAI of pursuing profit over bettering humanity in a new breach of contract lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court yesterday, Feb. 29. > > > >Musk helped Altman found OpenAI as a non-profit in 2015 (Musk left the board of directors in 2018 and no longer has a stake). Central to the lawsuit is OpenAI’s “founding agreement,” which, per the lawsuit, stated the lab would build artificial general intelligence (AGI) “for the benefit of humanity,” not to “maximize shareholder profits,” and that the technology would be “open-source” and not kept “secret for propriety commercial reasons.” > > > >Musk’s new lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has reversed course on this agreement, particularly through its $13 billion partnership with Microsoft. It further calls out the secrecy shrouding the tech behind OpenAI’s flagship Chat GPT-4 language model and major changes to the company’s board following Altman’s tumultuous hiring and re-firing last year. > > > >“These events of 2023 constitute flagrant breaches of the Founding Agreement, which Defendants have essentially turned on its head,” the suit reads. “To this day, OpenAI, Inc.’s website continues profess that its charter is to ensure that AGI ‘benefits all of humanity.’ In reality, however, OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft.” > > > >. . . > > *[[archive link](https://archive.ph/hFdR9)]*

www.rollingstone.com

Huh, though the #ElonMusk clock is broken, this is one of the times of the day it’s still correct: >Elon Musk accused Sam Altman and OpenAI of pursuing profit over bettering humanity in a new breach of contract lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court yesterday, Feb. 29. > >Musk helped Altman found OpenAI as a non-profit in 2015 (Musk left the board of directors in 2018 and no longer has a stake). Central to the lawsuit is OpenAI’s “founding agreement,” which, per the lawsuit, stated the lab would build artificial general intelligence (AGI) “for the benefit of humanity,” not to “maximize shareholder profits,” and that the technology would be “open-source” and not kept “secret for propriety commercial reasons.” > >Musk’s new lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has reversed course on this agreement, particularly through its $13 billion partnership with Microsoft. It further calls out the secrecy shrouding the tech behind OpenAI’s flagship Chat GPT-4 language model and major changes to the company’s board following Altman’s tumultuous hiring and re-firing last year. > >“These events of 2023 constitute flagrant breaches of the Founding Agreement, which Defendants have essentially turned on its head,” the suit reads. “To this day, OpenAI, Inc.’s website continues profess that its charter is to ensure that AGI ‘benefits all of humanity.’ In reality, however, OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft.” > >. . . *[[archive link](https://archive.ph/hFdR9)]*

Fediverse SmokeInFog • 7 months ago • 57%

www.youtube.com

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9006187 > >Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

www.youtube.com

>Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 7 months ago • 100%

- [`kitten @ load-config`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-load-config): Allow (re)loading kitty.conf via remote control - Remote control: Allow running mappable actions via remote control ([`kitten @ action`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-action)) - [`kitten @ send-text`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-send-text): Add a new option to automatically wrap the sent text in bracketed paste escape codes if the program in the destination window has turned on bracketed paste. - Fix a single key mapping not overriding a previously defined multi-key mapping - macOS: Fix [`kitten @ select-window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-select-window) leaving the keyboard in a partially functional state ([#7074](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7074)) - Graphics protocol: Improve display of images using Unicode placeholders or row/column boxes by resizing them using linear instead of nearest neighbor interpolation on the GPU ([#7070](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7070)) - When matching URLs use the definition of legal characters in URLs from the [WHATWG spec](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#url-code-points) rather than older standards ([#7095](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7095)) - hints kitten: Respect the kitty [`url_excluded_characters`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.url_excluded_characters) option ([#7075](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7075)) - macOS: Fix an abort when changing OS window chrome for a full screen window via remote control or the themes kitten ([#7106](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7106)) - Special case rendering of some more box drawing characters using shades from the block of symbols for legacy computing ([#7110](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7110)) - A new [`close_other_os_windows`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-close_other_os_windows) to close non active OS windows ([#7113](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/7113))

California SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 94%

www.politico.com

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8157909 > **Archived link:** https://web.archive.org/web/20240201053834/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/california-black-reparations-bills-00138854 > >SACRAMENTO, California — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore property taken by “race-based” cases of eminent domain and a potentially unconstitutional measure to provide state funding for “specific groups.” > > > >The package marks a first-in-the-nation effort to give restitution to Black Americans who have been harmed by centuries of racist policies and practices. California’s legislative push is the culmination of years of research and debate, including 111-pages of recommendations issued last year by a task force. > > > >Other states like Colorado, New York, and Massachusetts have commissioned reparations studies or task forces, but California is the first to attempt to turn those ideas into law. > > > >The 14 measures introduced by the Legislative Black Caucus touch on education, civil rights and criminal justice, including reviving a years-old effort to restrict solitary confinement that failed to make it out of the statehouse as recently as last year. > > > >Not included is any type of financial compensation to descendants of Black slaves, a polarizing proposal that has received a cool response from many state Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom. > > > >. . .

www.politico.com

**Archived link:** https://web.archive.org/web/20240201053834/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/california-black-reparations-bills-00138854 >SACRAMENTO, California — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore property taken by “race-based” cases of eminent domain and a potentially unconstitutional measure to provide state funding for “specific groups.” > >The package marks a first-in-the-nation effort to give restitution to Black Americans who have been harmed by centuries of racist policies and practices. California’s legislative push is the culmination of years of research and debate, including 111-pages of recommendations issued last year by a task force. > >Other states like Colorado, New York, and Massachusetts have commissioned reparations studies or task forces, but California is the first to attempt to turn those ideas into law. > >The 14 measures introduced by the Legislative Black Caucus touch on education, civil rights and criminal justice, including reviving a years-old effort to restrict solitary confinement that failed to make it out of the statehouse as recently as last year. > >Not included is any type of financial compensation to descendants of Black slaves, a polarizing proposal that has received a cool response from many state Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom. > >. . .

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 100%

sw.kovidgoyal.net

- macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke overriding keyboard shortcuts for actions present in the global menu bar ([#7016](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7016)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused multi-key sequences to not abort when pressing an unknown key ([#7022](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7022)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused kitten @ launch --cwd=current to fail over SSH ([#7028](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7028)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused kitten @ send-text with a match tab parameter to send text twice to the active window ([#7027](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7027)) - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused overriding of existing multi-key mappings to fail ([#7044](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7044), [#7058](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7025)) - Wayland+NVIDIA: Do not request an sRGB output buffer as a bug in Wayland causes kitty to not start ([#7021](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/7021))

theintercept.com

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/7729763 > >ST. JAMES, La. — For a little while, it seemed like Cancer Alley would finally get justice. > > > >The infamous 85-mile stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is one of the nation’s most polluted corners; residents here have spent decades fighting for clean air and water. That fight escalated in 2022, when local environmental justice groups filed complaints with the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality had engaged in racial discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. In a watershed moment, the EPA opened a civil rights investigation into Louisiana’s permitting practices. > > > >But just when the EPA appeared poised to force the LDEQ to make meaningful changesOpens in a new tab, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry — now the state’s governor — sued. Landry’s suit challenges a key piece of the agency’s regulatory authority: the disparate impact standard, which says that policies that cause disproportionate harm to people of color are in violation of the Civil Rights Act. This enables the EPA to argue that it’s discriminatory for state agencies to keep greenlighting contaminating facilities in communities of color already overburdened by pollution — such as in Cancer Alley — even if official policies do not announce discrimination as their intent. > > > >Five weeks after Landry filed his suit, the EPA dropped its investigation, effectively leaving Cancer Alley residents to continue the struggle on their own. > > > >“It was devastating,” recalled Sharon Lavigne, founder of the grassroots organization Rise St. James. For her work spearheading the fight to stop polluters in Cancer Alley, Lavigne is regarded as a figureheadOpens in a new tab of the environmental justice movement. Now, it appears that Landry’s suit could have a reverberating impactOpens in a new tab far from her hometown, as the EPA backs down from environmental justice cases across the country. > > > >In Flint, Michigan, advocates say that Landry’s suit has already led to the collapse of their own chance at justice. This month, the EPA dropped a Houston case in the same way, without mandating any sweeping reforms. Attorneys told The Intercept they are concerned about the possibility of similarly disappointing outcomes in Detroit, St. Louis, eastern North Carolina, and elsewhere. > > > >Experts say that the EPA appears to be shying away from certain Civil Rights Act investigations in states that are hostile to environmental justice, due to fears that Landry’s suit or similar efforts could make their way to the conservative Supreme Court. If that happened, the court appears ready to rule against the EPA — a verdict that could not only undermine the agency’s authority, but also significantly limit the ability of all federal agencies to enforce civil rights law. > > > >“The lawsuit does not just challenge the EPA’s investigation and potential result of our complaint,” said Lisa Jordan, an attorney who helped file the Cancer Alley complaint. “It challenges the entire regulatory program.” > > > >. . .

theintercept.com

>ST. JAMES, La. — For a little while, it seemed like Cancer Alley would finally get justice. > >The infamous 85-mile stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is one of the nation’s most polluted corners; residents here have spent decades fighting for clean air and water. That fight escalated in 2022, when local environmental justice groups filed complaints with the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality had engaged in racial discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. In a watershed moment, the EPA opened a civil rights investigation into Louisiana’s permitting practices. > >But just when the EPA appeared poised to force the LDEQ to make meaningful changesOpens in a new tab, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry — now the state’s governor — sued. Landry’s suit challenges a key piece of the agency’s regulatory authority: the disparate impact standard, which says that policies that cause disproportionate harm to people of color are in violation of the Civil Rights Act. This enables the EPA to argue that it’s discriminatory for state agencies to keep greenlighting contaminating facilities in communities of color already overburdened by pollution — such as in Cancer Alley — even if official policies do not announce discrimination as their intent. > >Five weeks after Landry filed his suit, the EPA dropped its investigation, effectively leaving Cancer Alley residents to continue the struggle on their own. > >“It was devastating,” recalled Sharon Lavigne, founder of the grassroots organization Rise St. James. For her work spearheading the fight to stop polluters in Cancer Alley, Lavigne is regarded as a figureheadOpens in a new tab of the environmental justice movement. Now, it appears that Landry’s suit could have a reverberating impactOpens in a new tab far from her hometown, as the EPA backs down from environmental justice cases across the country. > >In Flint, Michigan, advocates say that Landry’s suit has already led to the collapse of their own chance at justice. This month, the EPA dropped a Houston case in the same way, without mandating any sweeping reforms. Attorneys told The Intercept they are concerned about the possibility of similarly disappointing outcomes in Detroit, St. Louis, eastern North Carolina, and elsewhere. > >Experts say that the EPA appears to be shying away from certain Civil Rights Act investigations in states that are hostile to environmental justice, due to fears that Landry’s suit or similar efforts could make their way to the conservative Supreme Court. If that happened, the court appears ready to rule against the EPA — a verdict that could not only undermine the agency’s authority, but also significantly limit the ability of all federal agencies to enforce civil rights law. > >“The lawsuit does not just challenge the EPA’s investigation and potential result of our complaint,” said Lisa Jordan, an attorney who helped file the Cancer Alley complaint. “It challenges the entire regulatory program.” > >. . .

Space SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 100%

phys.org

>Japan's space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still "checking its status." More details will be given at a news conference, officials said. > >The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, came down onto the lunar surface at around 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time Saturday (1520 GMT Friday). No astronauts were onboard the spacecraft. > >If SLIM landed successfully, Japan would become the fifth country to accomplish the feat after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India. > >. . .

Kitty Terminal Emulator SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 100%

sw.kovidgoyal.net

> - [Conditional mappings depending on the state of the focused window](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/mapping/#conditional-mappings) > > - Support for [Modal mappings](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/mapping/#modal-mappings) such as in modal editors like vim > > - A new option [`notify_on_cmd_finish`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.notify_on_cmd_finish) to show a desktop notification when a long running command finishes ([#6817](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/6817)) > > - A new action [`send_key`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-send_key) to simplify mapping key presses to other keys without needing [`send_text`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-send_text) > > - Allow focusing previously active OS windows via [`nth_os_window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-nth_os_window) ([#7009](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7009)) > > - Wayland: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke copying to clipboard under wl-roots based compositors in some circumstances ([#6890](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6890)) > > - macOS: Fix some combining characters not being rendered ([#6898](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6898)) > > - macOS: Fix returning from full screen via the button when the titlebar is hidden not hiding the buttons ([#6883](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6883)) > > - macOS: Fix newly created OS windows not always appearing on the “active” monitor ([#6932](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/6932)) > > - Font fallback: Fix the font used to render a character sometimes dependent on the order in which characters appear on screen ([#6865](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6865)) > > - panel kitten: Fix rendering with non-zero margin/padding in kitty.conf ([#6923](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6923)) > > - kitty keyboard protocol: Specify the behavior of the modifier bits during modifier key events ([#6913](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6913)) > > - Wayland: Enable support for the new cursor-shape protocol so that the mouse cursor is always rendered at the correct size in compositors that support this protocol ([#6914](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6914)) > > - GNOME Wayland: Fix remembered window size smaller than actual size ([#6946](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6946)) > > - Mouse reporting: Fix incorrect position reported for windows with padding ([#6950](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6950)) > > - Fix [`focus_visible_window`](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-focus_visible_window) not switching to other window in stack layout when only two windows are present ([#6970](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/6970))

Linux Mint SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 96%

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**Video description:** >Mint 21.3 is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 and its super old kernel, version 5.15. You do get the Mesa drivers version 23, but you don't get the latest Nvidia drivers either, you're still on 535. > >So, you can select that new Wayland session from the login screen. I tested this on a spare laptop that uses an Intel Xe integrated GPU, and also has a dedicated Nvidia GPU. > >At first glance, everything seems to work ok, but it's an experimental session, and it's missing a few things. OBS, for example, has no source for the display: Cinnamon doesn't seem to support the screen sharing protocol through pipewire, so OBS has nothing to display here. You won't be sharing your screen to anyone just yet. > >Another issue I encountered is the lack of any sudo graphical prompt: anytime I needed to install a package or update the system, I had to use the command line. > >I also got some inconsistencies in the place where menus appeared, there were also a few things that I couldn't find, like changing the keyboard layout in the Wayland session, the "layouts" tab doesn't appear in the settings where it should be. The gestures of Cinnamon also don't work here for now, you can enable them, but they won't do anything. > >The hot corners did work though, with their nice animations and features, but there were some weird graphical things happening. Some settings pages also seemed to have some sort of infinite scroll and didn't stop at their own content, which was a bit weird. > >After that, I tried the Wayland session on Nvidia, and, all the problems I had experienced previously were still there, obviously, because they all are missing features in that experimental session, so no reason to expect them to work better here. But I also didn't get any other issue that I didn't see in the wayland session with the Mesa drivers. > >So just as a little experiment, I also decided to run a game in the Wayland session, namely Warhammer 40K Mechanicus: > - Wayland + Intel: 25-32 FPS > - Wayland + Nvidia: 60-65 FPS > - X11 + Intel: 32-37 FPS > - X11 + Nvidia: 65-75 FPS > >Ok, so now, let's talk about the other changes in Linux Mint 21.3. In terms of apps updates, Hypnotix, the TV watching app now lets you set channels as favorites. You can also create your own custom TV channels if you want. > >Cinnamon will also now let you download Actions. These are add-ons for the file manager, that will appear in the right click context menu, letting you do, well, custom actions. > >Warpinator, the file sharing app now lets you connect to a device manually by just entering its IP address of scanning a QR code. The Sticky Notes app can now be managed by DBus, meaning you can manage notes using scripts, and the bulk rename tool of Mint now supports drag and drop and thumbnails. > >As per the desktop itself, you can now use 75% fractional scaling on X11 if you want that, you can also set keybinds to change the window opacity again, you can disable stylus buttons if you use that sort of hardware, and gestures got a bit better with the ability to set a gesture to zoom in on the desktop.

THE POLICE PROBLEM SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 95%

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This is an example of a good cop. Notice how they are no longer a cop. That’s because they were a good cop. A bad apple spoils the bunch, and cops are bad apples. They have no room for good apples. #ACAB > _Edwin Raymond, whistleblower & former lieutenant in the New York Police Department, to discuss his recent book An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight To Change Policing In America, co-authored with Jon Sternfeld._

Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 96%

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/7345931 > >The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers. > > > >Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind. Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per liter, averaging at around 240,000 according to a study in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. > > > >These are particles that are less than a micron in size. There are 25,400 microns — also called micrometers because it is a millionth of a meter — in an inch. A human hair is about 83 microns wide. > > > >Previous studies have looked at slightly bigger microplastics that range from the visible 5 millimeters, less than a quarter of an inch, to one micron. About 10 to 100 times more nanoplastics than microplastics were discovered in bottled water, the study found. > > > >. . .

Health SmokeInFog • 8 months ago • 83%

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>The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers. > >Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind. Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per liter, averaging at around 240,000 according to a study in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. > >These are particles that are less than a micron in size. There are 25,400 microns — also called micrometers because it is a millionth of a meter — in an inch. A human hair is about 83 microns wide. > >Previous studies have looked at slightly bigger microplastics that range from the visible 5 millimeters, less than a quarter of an inch, to one micron. About 10 to 100 times more nanoplastics than microplastics were discovered in bottled water, the study found. > >. . .

>### Offensive vs. Defensive Nationalism > >This conflict shows a harmful confusion, among the Russians and their supporters, between the state as a nation in the ethnic sense and the state as an administrative entity. > >A state that wants to base its legitimacy on cultural unity must be small; it is otherwise doomed to meet the hostility of others. A Francophone Swiss citizen, although culturally linked to his or her language, does not aspire to belong to France, and France does not try to invade French-speaking Switzerland under this pretext. Further, national identities can change quickly: Francophone Belgians have a different identity from French people. France itself went through an operation of internal colonialism to destroy Provençal, Languedoc, Picard, Savoyard, Breton, and other cultures and eradicate their languages under a centralized identity. Nationality is never defined and never fixed; administration is. > >Cultural unity can make sense, but only in the form of something reduced such as a city-state –I would even go so far as to say that a state only works well in this way. In this case, nationalism is defensive — Catalan, Basque or Christian Lebanese — but in the case of a large state like Russia, nationalism becomes offensive. Notice that under the Pax Romana or the Pax Ottomana, there were no large states, but city-states gathered in an empire whose role was distant. But there is loose empire and rigid nation-state like empire, the latter being represented by Russia . > >. . .

Environment SmokeInFog • 9 months ago • 100%

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>**The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst drought on record in 2023. Many villages became unreachable by river, wildfires raged and wildlife died. Some scientists worry events like these are a sign that the world’s biggest forest is fast approaching a point of no return.** > >As the cracked and baking river bank towers up on either side of us, Oliveira Tikuna is starting to have doubts about this journey. He’s trying to get to his village, in a metal canoe built to navigate the smallest creeks of the Amazon. > >Bom Jesus de Igapo Grande is a community of 40 families in the middle of the forest and has been badly affected by the worst drought recorded in the region. > >There was no water to shower. Bananas, cassava, chestnuts and acai crops spoiled because they can’t get to the city fast enough. > >And the head of the village, Oliveira’s father, warned anyone elderly or unwell to move closer to town, because they are dangerously far from a hospital. > >Oliveira wanted to show us what was happening. He warned it would be a long trip. > >But as we turn from the broad Solimões river into the creek that winds towards his village, even he is taken aback. In parts it’s reduced to a trickle no more than 1m (3.3ft) wide. Before long, the boat is lodged in the river bed. It’s time to get out and pull. > >. . .

World News SmokeInFog • 9 months ago • 94%

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/6758033 > **Archived link**: https://web.archive.org/web/20231222185134/https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221128897/masha-gessen-essay-israel-gaza-germany-hannah-arendt-prize > > >Prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen received a prestigious award for political thought over the weekend, in a ceremony that almost didn't happen due to backlash over their recent writings on Israel-Gaza. > > > >Israel's air-and-ground assault on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 people in the 10 weeks since the Hamas-led attack on Israel killed some 1,200 people and took more than 240 others hostage. > > > >Gessen, who is Jewish and whose family lost loved ones in the Holocaust, has been criticized for a New Yorker essay published earlier this month in which they likened the Gaza Strip to the WWII-era ghettos that Nazis developed to segregate and control Jewish people in occupied Europe. > > > >Gessen argues in the essay that treating the Holocaust as a "singular event," unlike anything that has occurred before or after in history, not only is incorrect but makes it impossible to learn lessons from the Holocaust that are needed to prevent future genocides. > > > >. . .

**Archived link**: https://web.archive.org/web/20231222185134/https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221128897/masha-gessen-essay-israel-gaza-germany-hannah-arendt-prize >Prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen received a prestigious award for political thought over the weekend, in a ceremony that almost didn't happen due to backlash over their recent writings on Israel-Gaza. > >Israel's air-and-ground assault on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 people in the 10 weeks since the Hamas-led attack on Israel killed some 1,200 people and took more than 240 others hostage. > >Gessen, who is Jewish and whose family lost loved ones in the Holocaust, has been criticized for a New Yorker essay published earlier this month in which they likened the Gaza Strip to the WWII-era ghettos that Nazis developed to segregate and control Jewish people in occupied Europe. > >Gessen argues in the essay that treating the Holocaust as a "singular event," unlike anything that has occurred before or after in history, not only is incorrect but makes it impossible to learn lessons from the Holocaust that are needed to prevent future genocides. > >. . .