After humming and hawing about it ever since the Reddit API migration, I decided that if I wanted to see it on Lemmy I really should make it so.

!Weightroom@sh.itjust.works

One of the things that I missed the most from Reddit was the strength training subs, as they were great motivation to stay consistent, and the occasional program parties were a lot of fun. A bunch of folks trying to get through super squats and drinking a gallon of whole milk per day made for some pretty interesting workout reports.

I have not traditionally been a community builder in the past, but I believe there is big a gap in the Fediverse where strength training should be.

Its just getting off the ground so too early to say how its going. But I have picked up a lot of valuable info from this sub and the others on the sidebar, thanks for that

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Original Title: People living within a mile of a golf course had more than twice the odds of Parkinson’s disease. The risk remained higher for people living up to three miles away but fades after that. Pesticides, including neurotoxins, used to keep fairways and greens well groomed, have been linked to Parkinson's.

Renting for €633 a month in Swords

When asked by the tribunal what was meant by “elite status,” Ms Egan, who said she was born in England and is an Irish citizen, claimed it was “in her bloodline, that she was born with it,” according to a tribunal report published on Tuesday.

Ms Egan claimed her status was recognised on her passport and that gardaí would be able to verify it.

She claimed that her landlord, James Ryan, was legally obliged to provide her free rent due “as a person of elite status”,

Virtual displays for Sunshine/Moonlight without dongle on amdgpu in Bazzite-Gnome

Introduction

Users of GPUs leveraging the amdgpu driver can create virtual displays without using any dongle for use with Sunshine. This can be done via a kernel parameter as described here and here. However we opt for bringing up the screen during multiuser-target. This has the advantage of a faster boottime and it keeps the splash screen intact.

Preparation

Install Sunshine

To install Sunshine open a terminal and enter:

ujust setup-sunshine

Identify ports

You need to identify actual ports on your GPU to map the virtual display to. The following command will list potential ports (DP-1 - DP-X, HDMI-1 - HDMI-X).

for p in /sys/class/drm/*/status; do con=${p%/status}; echo -n "${con#*/card?-}: "; cat $p; done

Any disconnected port will do.

Prepare EDID firmware to accomodate your target screen

To make the kernel aware of the proper resolution and refresh rate of your virtual display we need an EDID firmware file. This can either be retrieved for example here [1]. Alternatively you can also create a tailored EDID file with this handy tool [2]. The tool takes a modeline from xorg and generates the EDID bin from it. To get a modeline for your target resolution you can use this website [3]. To prepare and use edid-generator on Bazzite-Gnome proceed as follows in a terminal:

ujust distrobox-assemble //Choose Ubuntu
distrobox enter ubuntu
sudo apt install zsh edid-decode automake dos2unix
mkdir -p ~/build/
cd ~/build/
git clone https://github.com/akatrevorjay/edid-generator
cd edid-generator
./modeline2edid - <<< 'Modeline "2560x1600" 348.16 2560 2752 3032 3504 1600 1601 1604 1656 -HSync +Vsync' //Replace with your modeline in the single brackets
make

You should now have a .bin file named according to the content of the first brackets in the modline. Copy this into your local firmware folder. Carry on in the terminal:

mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware
sudo cp 2560x1600.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/

Test your target display

We will now create a helper script to enable your virtual display.

Open the editor of your choice and paste the following, then replace DP-2 with a non connected interface and 2560x1600.bin with your EDID file:

#!/bin/bash
cat /usr/local/lib/firmware/2560x1600.bin > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/DP-2/edid_override
echo on > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/DP-2/force
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/DP-2/trigger_hotplug

Save the file as "enable-screens.sh". Then make it available to the root user:

sudo cp enable-screens.sh /usr/local/sbin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/enable-screens.sh

You can now test if everything works:

sudo /usr/local/sbin/enable-screens.sh
gnome-control-center display

The control center should now start up with the display section and show the newly created display.

Automation

Automatically bring up screen via systemd

You can trigger the script on startup via a systemd unit file. For this open the editor of your choice and paste the following:

[Unit]
Description=Enable Virtual Displays

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/enable-screens.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save under "/etc/systemd/system/enable-screens.service". Then enable the service and reboot:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable enable-screens.service
systemctl reboot

After the system has restarted check your display is available in control center:

gnome-control-center display

Autostarting Sunshine

Sunshine autostart is currently not working in bazzite-gnome [4]. To work around this use xdg autostart.

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/sunshine.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/

Switching screens in Sunshine

Gnome has recently added gdctl as a tool to manipulate screen layout across X and Wayland. This can be used in a Sunlight application in "Do Command" and "Undo Command" to setup the appropriate screen configuration. I use this to enable a multiscreen setup in desktop mode, but I also have an exclusive desktop mode just on my tablet and exclusive Big Picture to my tablet.

For the multiscreen "Do Command" add (I use scale on the small tablet screen to get a readable UI):

gdctl set --logical-monitor --primary --monitor DP-1 --logical-monitor --monitor DP-2 --scale 2 --right-of DP-1

In "Undo Command":

gdctl set --logical-monitor --primary --monitor DP-1

You can now connect to the application from your device with Moonlight.

Conclusion

I hope this little guide was helpful. Please put pointers to problems and I will try to correct them in the original post. Feel free to also share your successes. Enjoy your virtual display and Sunshine/Moonlight.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29766125

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#Columbia student protesters arrested and led away in handcuffs by police

A graduate student at Columbia Journalism School reports on Twitter/X that at least 50 people have been arrested for taking part in the brief occupation of Butler library on campus.

Five minutes ago, another student at the journalism school, Somaiyah Hafeez, shared video of more than a dozen protesters, handcuffed with zip ties, being led away by police officers to an #NYPD bus. Most were wearing keffiyehs – the traditional black and white scarf that has long been a symbol of #Palestinian identity.

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Unscramble, guess, create, and challenge others with word jumbles of all kinds.

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Post your jumbled word

Make it solvable (no gibberish!)

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Not exactly an in-depth study, but some suggestions for further reading.

One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration."

An internationally acclaimed digital news outlet in El Salvador said Monday that the administration of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is preparing to arrest a number of its journalists following the publication of an interview with two former gang leaders who shed new light on a power-sharing agreement with the U.S.-backed leader and self-described "world's coolest dictator." 

"A reliable source in El Salvador told El Faro that the Bukele-controlled Attorney General's Office is preparing at least seven arrest warrants for members of El Faro," the outlet reported. "The source reached out following the publication of an interview with two former leaders of the 18th Street Revolucionarios on Bukele's yearslong relationship to gangs."

"If carried out, the warrants are the first time in decades that prosecutors seek to press charges against individual journalists for their journalistic labors," El Faro added.

This isn’t just a problem for environmentalists or scientists — it’s a direct threat to democratic decision-making. Disinformation erodes our ability to have honest, fact-based debates about the future of the country. It undermines trust not only in science and journalism but in government itself. When voters are manipulated by falsehoods, democracy doesn’t function as it should.

During the election, we saw the consequences play out in real time. From misleading ads claiming that climate policies will "bankrupt the middle class," to talking points that dismiss renewable energy as unreliable, Canadians are being bombarded with claims designed to erode support for meaningful climate action. These messages often use emotional appeals and cherry-picked data, wrapped in populist rhetoric, to create the illusion that fighting climate change is at odds with economic prosperity or national sovereignty.

House Republicans authorized a new rule to prevent Democrats from probing the Trump administration’s scandals until October.

Amid mounting scandals out of the Trump administration, House Republicans voted Tuesday in favor of a rule that creates hurdles for Democrats looking to investigate it.

Departments across Trump’s government have been rocked by scandals over a variety of issues: Elon Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest while gutting the federal government, Cabinet officials’discussing sensitive military plans with civilians via a third-party messaging platform or members of Congress benefiting as the White House turned tariffs on and off.

Democrats have tried to shine light on these and other scandals using what are called “resolutions of inquiry,” which can tee up what are essentially special votes over whether to provide information from the president or executive officials.

Aliens, lizard people, and Jesus, oh my!

It works fine on X, but switching to Wayland grays out the option to select which window.

A German court said on Monday that far-right party Alternative for Germany had filed a lawsuit challenging the domestic intelligence agency's decision to classify it as an extremist organisation.

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