Doug Webb @douginamug@mastodon.xyz

I made an #SVG floorplan of Kanthaus (the common house I live in) using #inkscape, then made it viewable in the browser and interactive with #d3js 😺

https://kanthaus.gitlab.io/expfloorer/

Take a tour 😆 Feedback welcome ✍️

#endegelaende is gonna be busy tomorrow...

Wishing you a merry #climatestrike from #leipzig 🎄

I don't know how I ended up on this page of experimental architecture, but I'm glad to have found how many turrets and cloches there were in the Maginot Line http://inter4.aaschool.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/element-1.jpg

(The Maginot Line is a huge line of defensive structures the French built to deter German invasion after WW1. Sadly for the French, the Nazis decided to go around it 🤷 )

Next UK general election is on ❄️ Dec 12 ❄️

You need to be registered to vote by Nov 26 — that's 11days from now! 🚨

You can vote if over 18 and:
- you are a UK citizen (you don't need to be in the UK!)
- you are an EU citizen in the UK
- you are a 'qualifying Commonwealth citizen'

Eligibility details ➡️ https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/register-vote-and-update-your-details)

Also, because the UK uses first-past-the-post voting (💩) you may want to look at what other people typically vote to not 'waste' yours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_Kingdom_Parliamentary_constituencies_established_in_1997

#Inkscape beta 1.0 released last month! 🎉

https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0beta1/

"more than 100 major and minor improvements and bug fixes since 0.92.4"

It seems much more polished :) Well done contributors! 👏

Fancy pot upcycled from an old tyre! Seen in the garden of a hausprojekt in Leipzig. Pay no attention to the lack of living plants inside 😂

Predictit market for brexit by 01 Nov collapses to all time low https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/5429/Will-the-UK-officially-exit-the-European-Union-by-Nov-1

Do not think that this will sink BoJo! It could, but he'll spin it around like "I did all I could, brought a nice deal to the table but those other MPs blocked me and the will of the people"

1 day til the next extinction rebellion! ⏰ Starting Monday 7th October there will mobilizations in over 60 cities 🌐 https://rebellion.earth/international-rebellion/

I know a lot of Mastodoners are critical of #XR, rightly so. I'm not gonna defend everything that's been done under the brand. Yet it's mostly good!

I warmly recommend everyone to try for themselves: you'll meet lovely humans and won't accidentally find yourself getting arrested.

So come on! I'll be at Berlin if anyone wants to catch up 😺

All hail lady Hale, Queen of sparkly spiders.

australia

y u no make solar?

Great turnout and atmosphere (no pun intended) at the #Edinburgh #climateStrike today!

And what a diverse crew : #fff (ofc) but also #xr #alf vegans #greens #quakers coopers #gaf and so many more. Notable union presence which I was very happy about.

#ClimateStrike tomorooooow!

Who'm I gonna see in the 'burgh?

https://climatestrike.scot/

If you don't use WPS push button to connect to new WiFi routers, I highly recommend it!

Select the option in advanced WiFi preferences on your device (I'm using Lineage OS) then push the WPS button on the router. Typically a light will start blinking on the router and it will then connect on some seconds.

Has saved me a lot of time instead of entering horrible codes and it works even if the owners have changed the password.

Upright-recumbent tandem spotted in #Oban! Ridden by a French couple; they said they love it and have been riding it extensively for 5 years. Sadly too big to fit on buses and trains and repairs can be tricky.

❤️ #bikes

Casting of a concrete support at Dunbar train station for platform expansion.

Concrete is amazing, kind of like 'cold' lava: liquid rock you can pour and then sets. It's 'traditional' too, with some formulations (Pozzolana) being used in ancient Rome.

It's also really badly recycled, takes up loads of space in landfill and emitting loads of Co2 net. We need to use less of it.

I'm finally gonna do it: read the W3C RDF 1.1 primer https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-rdf11-primer-20140624/

Bit scared.

Listening to the Prodigy.

Wow! Did my first #SPARQL query today and feeling like a weeezard 🧙

Kind of like writing a formula in a spreadsheet, except that you can just use #wikidata (or another existing database)

Great instructions on the Wikidata page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/A_gentle_introduction_to_the_Wikidata_Query_Service

Just came back from 5 days of 'MOVE Utopia', a do-it-together conference/festival for 'a society after needs and skills' in the Harz, Germany https://www.naumburger-tageblatt.de/mitteldeutschland/alternative-lebensart-oekos-veranstalten-move-utopia-festival-im-ostharz-32850320

A lot of inspiring connections between #commons, #permaculture, #opendata and #opensource 🌱

Some interesting culture clashes between hippie/rainbow ☮️ and punk/leftie 🏴

Can recommend!

What's up with Signal? Not only are they strongly recommending download via ggl play store, they are actively discouraging new people to use the apk. 🧐