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  1. Just Launched: Pure STM32WL Feather!

    Getting started with the STM32WL now easier - it integrates a powerful cortex M4 and M0 with a LoRa compatible radio and a user friendly pinout to make low power wireless devices quickly and easily: groupgets.com/campaigns/933

  2. New Breakout Board for Grid-EYE Thermal Sensor - Panasonic’s Grid-EYE sensor is essentially a low-cost 8×8 thermal imager with a 60 degree field of v... more: hackaday.com/2020/05/18/new-br #microcontrollers #pureengineering #puremodules #linuxhacks #groupgets #grid-eye #grideye2 #amg8833 #thermal #ch341a #linux #usb

  3. COMING SOON: The PureThermal Micro Breakout Board is an ultra-compact module designed for easy interfacing with FLIR's Lepton thermal imaging sensors. It can be soldered onto a PCB using the castellated breakout or connect it via a 10-pin flat flexible cable (FFC) or flexible printed circuit (FPC) to communicate with the Lepton via I2C and VoSI.

    More info to come next week!

  4. Wales’ biggest housing group gets new name as Linc and Pobl merge to form Codi

    The new identity came into force on 1 January 2026, bringing the two major organisations together under one banner and one strategy. The move creates a single not‑for‑profit giant with nearly 25,000 homes, 17,000 people receiving care and support, and more than 3,000 staff across Wales.

    A new Welsh housing heavyweight

    The merger, first confirmed in June, brings together decades of work by both organisations — including the earlier merger of Swansea‑based Grŵp Gwalia and Newport’s Seren to form Pobl back in 2016.

    Codi says its mission is simple: to “rise” to the challenges facing communities across Wales, with the name taken from the Welsh word for “rise”.

    The new group says it will use its combined strength to deliver more homes, more support and more long‑term investment in local communities.

    Scott Sanders, Group CEO of Codi Group, said:

    “The completion of the merger and transition to Codi marks a significant step forward. Codi brings together the strengths and legacies of two strong organisations with shared values and deep community roots, giving us the size and scale to make a real difference while staying local to the communities we work in.

    “As an anchor institution in Wales, we have a unique ability to influence and drive real change. Working in partnership with like‑minded organisations, our ambition extends beyond simply building better homes to shaping whole communities.

    “Our ability to deliver at scale while staying rooted in local communities is what sets Codi apart and underpins how we approach growth, partnership, and lasting outcomes for our customers.”

    £1bn boost and thousands of new homes

    Codi says it will contribute £1 billion to the Welsh economy over the next five years, supporting jobs, skills and new developments across the country.

    The group also plans to build more than 4,500 new homes, alongside continued investment in existing communities and services.

    As a not‑for‑profit organisation, Codi says its focus remains on helping people “live well, feel supported and achieve their full potential”.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

    Housing associations Pobl Group and Linc Cymru complete merger
    Two major Welsh housing associations formally join forces to create a new not‑for‑profit giant.

    Drone video shows Swansea’s ‘living building’ rising above city skyline
    New drone footage captures dramatic progress on the city’s landmark eco‑friendly development.

    Work to begin on 31 affordable homes in Pontlliw despite local opposition
    Construction set to start on a new affordable housing scheme following planning approval.

    Housing association to increase its maintenance and repairs staffing by 50%
    Major recruitment drive aims to speed up repairs and improve services for tenants.

    #careSupport #CodiGroup #GrŵpGwalia #housingAssociation #LincCymru #newHomes #Pobl #Seren #socialHousing
  5. Manipur: Armed Meitei group gets 37 MLAs, two MPs to take oath to protect state

    The pledge was administered by Arambai Tenggol, a group that Kuki-Zos have accused of being behind several incidents of violence.

    #manipur #imphal #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #ArambaiTenggol #NRC #BJPStates #india

    scroll.in/latest/1062650/manip

  6. Watch: In this Southampton City Council video, Friends of Riverside Park chair Paul Jenks explains how money from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is being used locally, and gives more background about what the voluntary group gets up to. >> bitternepark.info/index.php?op
    #Southampton #bitternepark #localnews #environment #sustainability
    Photo: SCC/YouTube

  7. Lower-income teens use Character.ai's companion chatbots at twice the rate of wealthier peers, while higher-income teens gravitate toward ChatGPT's productivity tools. Same technology, different functions—one group gets a tutor, the other gets a substitute friend.

    #AIEthics #DigitalDivide

    implicator.ai/the-class-divide

  8. The discourse around #Kirk is increasingly becoming an inversion of J. Butler's concept of #grievability. But instead of describing which group gets denied the mourning of society the opposite happens:

    Now, society gets prescribed whom it absolutely has to mourn under duress.

    We have a word for this: perversion.

  9. Looks like we finally got a good leak of the upcoming Shimano wireless XT and XTR set.

    reddit.com/r/MTB/comments/1iju

    I was wondering when that would happen. Seems like I've heard rumors of its existence for a long time. Not to mention all the frames that have come out in the past year or so that are basically wireless only now.

    #mtb #mtblife #shimano #xcmtb

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    Start planning your dream getaway today! 🌊
    #TravelTheWorldEffortlessly #LuxuryTravel #DestinationWeddings #GroupGetaways #Adventure Awaits #ExploreWithEase #TravelPlanning #Wanderlust

  11. Happy New Home Zero Carbon Guildford! 🏠🗝️

    Today, the award-winning community climate hub and Transition group gets the keys to their new high street premises.

    It will be home to loads of projects helping folks explore how we build community and resilience together.

    Over the next couple of weeks, busy volunteers will move in their #libraryofthings, zero waste shop, exhibitions, community fridge, vertical farm, vegan cafe, energy & water projects and getting their buzzing events/workshops up and running.

    Read more: zerocarbonguildford.org/post/z

    #ThisisTransition #transitiontown #guildford #surrey #climateaction #community #transition #resilience #zerowaste #adaption #climatechange

  12. #ClimateJustice?

    hooey!

    equitable triage?

    #Liberals are not grokking this #ClimateEmergency – not seeing that when "every group gets an equal #climatechange relief funding band-aid," result is #extinction.

    Band-aids don’t fix a gaping wounds.

    Resources must be applied to stop the carbon-bleed-out now. Nothing else matters.

    #climateequity = Titanic deckchair arrangements!

    referenced: NPR's Here and Now, Deepa Fernandes talks with Grist editor Tristan Ahtone, September 27, 2023 (see below)

  13. My Favorite Games (2025 Update)

    My best-performing video over the past year has been My Favorite Games. Well, I’ve played a number of new games since I posted that video, so I thought it was time for an update.

    Introduction

    The games included in this list are ones I have played over the past year since my previous “favorite games” video and they have to be available to pick up as physical copies. So, while I have played a session of a game called Nuts, by Skrat from the A Squirrel Plays channel, it’s not eligible. I also haven’t played a session of one of my favorite games over the past year because I’ve been running other things, so Basic Fantasy RPG doesn’t appear on it. Go check out those games, though, folks, they are way fun—and Basic Fantasy RPG has one of the best communities in the hobby.

    10. Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme

    I was given a review copy of this game by Exalted Funeral, but was so impressed by it I went out and purchased the Head of Light Entertainment Screen for myself. I’ll also be purchasing another set of their odd dice.

    What can you expect in The Programme? You can expect Monty Python. The world is dangerous, the denizens will drive characters loony, and the mechanics are simple. But, the GM will play different personas, which impacts game play, and beshrewments can send the entire table into something completely different. Watch those demerits, and get ready for a good time! You can pick up The Programme at Exalted Funeral for $50, but I recommend also picking up the HoLE screen for $33, as  well as a set of their peculiar dice for $25.

    9. Land of Eem

    The Land of Eem has mechanics which bear a kinship to Powered by the Apocalypse games, with narrative twists and fail forward obstacles so the game is always moving. The world looks like someone combined the Muppets and Lord of the Rings, and it’s as subversive as you’d expect from The Muppets. If you’d like a game that’s light hearted and fast, but still has a good amount of depth, give Land of Eem a try.

    There is a free QuickStart guide, but the beautiful Core Rulebook will set you back $40. I’d recommend going for the Deluxe Box Set—which includes a GM screen, a map, a terrific bestiary, and a mind-blowing setting book. That runs for $150.

    8. Forbidden Lands

    Forbidden Lands has wild lore, robust exploration, fun stronghold building, and a meta-narrative that’s there if a group wants to use it. The game also runs off of Free League’s excellent Year Zero dice pool engine, so game play is fast and dangerous. I ran a crawl of this a few months back because we had an off week and I wanted to toss something from Forbidden Land’s “Book of Beasts at the group to see what they’d do. One character came out alive, mostly due to poor life-choices, but we had a blast getting to the end. This is a game I have not played enough.

    If you want to pick up Forbidden Lands, you can pick up its beautiful box set for about $65. This set comes with a Player’s Handbook, a Gamemaster’s Guide, and a frame-worthy map. I’d have loved to have dice included in the box set but the two A5 books are hardbound stitched binding, have faux leather covers with gold foil imprints, and book ribbons. My only complaint about the game is I want to show off both the box and the books on my shelf.

    Check this game out if you enjoy some grit that is challenging and fun. Oh, and it also has a fantastic FoundryVTT system.

    7. Tales of Argosa

    I just reviewed Low Fantasy Gaming’s successor, Tales of Argosa, on my channel. “Wow.” It carries over the low magic setting of its predecessor, while also incorporating a number of improvements to the system which were made in Pickpocket Press’ second game, Lowlife 20290.

    Argosa uses a roll-under check system, which is my favorite way to play a game, but it’s combat system is the same d20 roll high many TTRPG players will find familiar. Despite the familiarity, Tales of Argosa stands out through a phenomenal exploit mechanic that is what 5e bonus actions should have been.

    Tales of Argosa is very much an old school game but it’s not a retro-clone. Nor is it simple a distillation of modern mechanics which has old-school potency brought to the fore. It’s familiar, while being its own thing, and I love it. Check out Tales of Argosa if you’re looking for a game that’s fast and dangerous, but where the characters also aren’t overly squishy. You can pick it up at DriveThruRPG, a hard back copy costs about $45.

    6. Shadowdark

    Shadowdark is, at its core, a distillation of modern mechanics with some twists blended in to give it an old school feel. And the combination is brilliant. Torches run in real-time, so players can’t sit around dithering. Magic is roll-to-cast so a player has to question the wisdom of unleashing a spell in a particular moment. Sheets are spartan, so players need to spend more time interacting with the world instead of paging through their copious abilities. And initiative is always on, so attention seekers have to share the spotlight. I ran a Shadowdark gauntlet of zero-level characters last fall and it was amazing.

    Shadowdark is an excellent bridge between old school and new school play. It’s terse presentation is clear and engaging, the artwork is a perfect vibe, and everything you need is in one book. Check this game out if you want to introduce folks who have only ever played Dungeons & Dragons 5e to some old school tropes. You can pick it up from The Arcane Library for $59.00. And if you’re worried about the game being supported, not only is Kelsey Dionne creating additional content, several other creators are following suit. There are new classes, the game’s been shifted to space, and monsters abound. This game is both good and popular. And it’s well deserved. Kelsey Dionne is an amazing person. Had I run Shadowdark more this past year I may have swapped it with the next entry on this list.

    5. Into the Odd

    When I first read Into the Odd I didn’t get it. It didn’t seem there was enough to it to function as a fun game! But I returned to it later and found I was more ready to comprehend how it’s designed.

    The rules are so lite they can be missed with a blink! There are no to hit rolls, HP replenishes in each room, but the strength score drops when any damage taken exceeds HP and that remains. Movement is abstract. Keeping track of time is abstract. Wandering encounters help build an adventure’s fiction. And characters die, a lot. Into the Odd is a game where running and hiding from, tricking, or avoiding danger rewards a party with more dangerous spaces to investigate. Now, it’s not limited to dungeon or wilderness crawling, there are some lite rules for running a business or managing detachments of soldiers, so Into the Odd anticipates a widening experience as play continues. But it starts with crawling. And the lucky ones survive to delve a second time.

    Into the Odd has become a favorite one shot game because I can have players roll their characters up at the table and be off and running in minutes. If you’re looking to try out a dungeon crawler, or looking or for some excellent tables to flesh out a world, check this game out. It’s a ton of fun and a nice change of pace. You can pick it up through Free League for around $45.

    4. Sentinel Comics RPG

    I first picked up Sentinel Comics RPG when it showed up in a Prime Day sale list for a ridiculous price in 2024. Since then it’s been listed for various sale prices, even as low as $9.99. This caused me to fear the system was going to be orphaned, which proved to be true. The game’s publisher, Greater Than Games, was recently shuttered in response to the tariff crisis. This is a shame because the game is phenomenal.

    Sentinel comics is the first super hero game I played which felt like a comic book since the old TSR Marvel Game back in the 80s. Everything is narrative. If a player has a teleportation power and wants to use it for an attack they narrate how they do that. They don’t need a feat, there are no power points to spend, and there’s no formulas to tell people how much of an effect they can have. Instead, the player describes how they want to use their teleportation power, connects it to a quality the character has, and then adds in their current status. Each of these elements has a die assigned to them and, if a character does a “basic action” they use the middle value as the result. If they use one of their abilities, which are ways characters may use powers which have a bit of guidance, they use the dice that ability indicates. It really fast.

    But what makes Sentinel Comics RPG shine is how barriers to success are dealt with. If a character is faced with any obstacle—a forcefield, a hostage being held, some bystanders standing under a falling building—they must be dealt with through an Overcome action. To deal with the obstacle the collected dice are rolled, and the result is read. But the way the results are designed means players will often have to accept a twist to be successful in the attempted action. A character might teleport through a forcefield, for example, not knowing that it was keyed to their dimensional signature. The character succeeds passing through barrier but it shocks them as they pass through and now they are hindered for a turn or two. The Overcome action is the heart of Sentinel Comics RPG.

    If you enjoy Super Hero RPGs pick up Sentinel Comics RGP while you still can! As of this writing it’s on a fire sale for $20 at Greater than Games. Amazon also still has the excellent GM kit on sale for $25. The GM screen alone is worth it.

    3. EZD6

    EZD6 is a game of gonzo fun, present danger, and ridiculous moments. DM Scotty, who is the brains behind the game, designed it because he wanted a game that didn’t need math. It really is easy, I can have people versed in the rules in a few minutes, and if we forget anything during the briefing we can just tackle it when the situation arises.

    For all its simplicity, however, character creation is fun. Different inclinations give the character a leg up in certain situations, hero paths grants some boons and abilities, and character aspects help flesh out their personality. Scotty has also created some additions to the system, including a full post-apocalyptic version, which extends the core ideas while keeping the simplicity intact. He’s currently working on a horror version, which I was able to play in, and it’s awesome.

    If you want a game that is “grab and go” and sets the players imaginations free, EZD6 is a game I recommend. I love it. You can pick up a hardback/pdf combo at DriveThruRPG for around $25.

    2. Cypher System/Numenera

    Imagine a game where all the crunch was done before the roll. Everything in the game has a level, to make the level beatable players apply skills, spend points from their pools to give extra effort, or utilize a tool they have at their disposal. Once the final number is reached, it’s multiplied by 3, and that’s the target on a d20. Oh, and it can be played with any genre and in any setting, with minimal tweaks to the core system.

    That’s Cypher System, and it’s amazing. Right now I’m using it to run a lunchtime super hero campaign once a month and have run a couple fantasy-themed one shots as well. I’m also looking forward to testing out more genres using Cypher System in the near future.

    The Cypher System Reference Document contains all the mechanical information you need to run the game, and that includes their “white spine” genre books. So you can dive in to Cypher without having to lay down any cash if you want (but the books are beautiful, and look wonderful on a shelf). 

    Cypher’s publisher, Monte Cook Games, also has some distinct IPs which are not found in the reference document. The best known of these set a billion years in the future in the Ninth World. Numenera is science fantasy at its finest. The world is a weird mix of high technology and mediaeval fantasy. The game is set just as civilization is growing back from whatever caused the last world to collapse, an unknown number of years ago, and there are hints everywhere that the current batch of humans haven’t been around on the planet all that long. My campaign’s been going on for just about two years and I love the weird things the party encounters.

    If you want a flexible system with fast mechanics that’s designed to be narrative forward, check out Cypher System. The core rulebook is about $77 for the hardback and PDF. For Numenera I recommend the two book box set, which costs about $130 for the book/PDF combo. There are also some starter sets for both systems, which can be found on Monte Cook Games’ web site. These cost around $30.

    1. Dragonbane

    Dragonbane is one of the first products Free League sent me as a review copy, but that’s not why it’s on the top spot of this list. It’s in the top spot because Dragonbane is amazing. In fact, I love this game so much I’ve picked up a copy of the box set to give to one my friends.

    Sometimes people will call the Dragonbane box set a “starter set,” because that’s what most box sets are these days, but that’s a misnomer. The Dragonbane box set is the entire game. It includes the full rulebook, blank character sheets, creature and character standees, some pre-generated characters so a group can dive right in, a full adventure book, a reversible battle map on which terrain can be placed (but it is paper, don’t draw on it), and a set of lovely emerald-green translucent dice. And how much does this cornucopia of TTRPG goodness cost? The core set can be purchased for about $56!

    Why do I love Dragonbane? Well, it’s a skill based system with roll-under mechanics. Magic is rare, but powerful, and combat is fast and dangerous. The game is fair, but it’s unforgiving if players don’t learn to make good choices. Also, monsters are both unpredictable and deadly. All this combines to create a game where negotiation needs to be on the table whenever possible, and retreat needs to be an option. That might not sound fun to folks who are used to a “clear the room” mentality, but I have so much fun seeing what my group gets into. They’ve befriended a troll, gotten swept up into an ancient conflict, and have forgotten that they are just a bunch of armed people and have no actual authority to do any of the things they do.

    They’re even beginning to learn how to keep their party alive, well…most of them.

    If you want to try something that scratches a fantasy itch, has players roll the familiar d20, but which also breaks away from concepts like armor class or hit point bloat Dragonbane is a terrific go to. My group has been playing it ever since our Basic Fantasy RPG campaign wrapped up and it’s a ton of fun.

    #DMing #DnD #DungeonsDragons #dungeonsAndDragons #fantasy #gaming #GMing #Review #RolePlayingGame #RPG #TTRPG

  14. Ok, after a lot of consideration, here is my albums of the year top 10 for 2025:

    1. Thron - Vurias
    2. Year Of The Goat - Trivia Goddess
    3. Tower - Let There Be Dark
    4. Savage Master - Dark & Dangerous
    5. Vollmondprozession - Lazarus
    6. Hooded Menace - Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
    7. Sumerian Tombs - Age Of Eternal Night
    8. Temptress - Catch the Endless Dawn
    9. Venator - Psychodrome
    10. Castle Rat - The Bestiary

    #AOTY #AOTY2025 #GroupMetalAOTY2025

  15. Groupies Available February 10

    #horror#horrorcomics#Groupies#MadCaveStudios – @MadCaveStudios – #HelenMullane#WillDennis#TulaLotay#DeeCunniffe#RichardStarkings – A sexy, fem-focused look at the dark underside of music fandom, informed by Mullane’s research on the

    #ad #DeeCunniffe(Colorist) #Groupies #HelenMullane(Author) #horror #Releases #RichardStarkings(Letterer) #TulaLotay(CoverArtArtist) #WillDennis(Editor)

    horrornerdonline.com/2025/12/g

  16. Merci à #GroupeAsten pour son engagement à nos côtés lors de #UYBHYS25 !

    Votre soutien est essentiel pour faire vivre un événement qui place la cybersécurité, la transmission et la passion au cœur de son ADN. 🔐❤️

    #UYBHYS

  17. 📖 Ich habe Angst vor #Groupies. Das Gekreische und Herumgezerre ist wirklich schlimm. Also keine #Buchmesse.🤭

    Deshalb stelle ich Euch erlauchten #Nerds (lt. Sascha Lobo 😁) hier eines meiner #Bücher vor:

    „Der #Klimawandel für Einsteiger - #Kippelemente des #Klimasystems, #Klimawandel in Deutschland und die persönliche Betroffenheit“

    oekologisch-unterwegs.de/buche

    Lest es, empfehlt es, verschenkt es.😎 😘 Gerne boosten.

    #Buchtipp #Lesetipp #Buchvorstellung #Buchempfehlung #Klimakrise

  18. Je vous propose de tester la fonctionnalité de groupes sur le fediverse en suivant le groupe @cyberfr

    Pour poster un message vers le groupe, il suffit de le mentionner.

    Vous n'êtes pas obligé de suivre tous les membres inscrits à ce groupe pour voir leurs messages.

    Enfin, par "cyber", on entend tout ce qui est cyber au sens large, cybersécurité, cyberdéfense, cybercriminalité, cyberrésilience, etc ...

    #groupes #fediverse #cyberFR

  19. May minutes and news

    Group minutes, reports and news

    May 2025

    We are pleased to attach the minutes and news of the group’s activities thanks to group member Lesley for the work in preparing them. There is a list of future events at towards the end and if you are thinking of making contact, one of those would be a good opportunity. We shall be at People in the Park in Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury on Saturday 17th from around 10:00 all day.

    May minutes (Word)Download

    #GroupNews #minutes #monthlyMeeting #Salisbury

  20. The Amnesty tree

    Salisbury group assembles to mark planting of its tree

    March 2025

    Last year (2024) marked the fifty years since the group was founded and here we are, still going strong if sadly the only group left in Wiltshire. We had the opportunity for a tree to be planted in honour of this anniversary and today (4 March) some of the local group assembled for a photograph in Victoria Park. We were delighted to welcome two surviving members who formed the group half a century ago.

    The need to keep human rights issues on the agenda is needed now more than ever. It was perhaps the belief all those years ago that the need for a human rights group would slowly melt away in the wake of the post war ideal of the new world order following WWII. This has not been the case. Rights are being slowly chipped away at home as governments have not liked protest groups drawing attention to their climate and environment failings and continued arming of Israel for example. The previous government introduced several pieces of legislation reducing rights, increasing police powers and limiting access to justice. The new government shows little inclination to repeal them. Some MPs – including both our local ones – generally vote against human rights matters according to the They Work for You website.

    Overseas – well, where to start. China continues to persecute the Uyghurs and western firms continue to buy cotton produced by effectively slave labour. War and destruction continues in Sudan and other parts of sub Sahara Africa. The situation in Burma continues with the military attacking people and villages of minority groups. We continue to sell them jet fuel to enable them to carry on. The terrible death toll continues in Gaza.

    So the need to keep the spotlight on human rights is needed today as it was 50 years ago. Power, in whatever form, does not like giving it up and will go to great lengths to keep it for themselves and their supporters.

    If you would like to join us you would be welcome. See a list of current and future events where you can come and make yourself known. We welcome people who want to pursue a particular human rights theme – more rights for women for example.

    Photo: Salisbury Amnesty

    Latest posts:

    #50 #GroupNews #Salisbury #tree

  21. Je découvre qu'un logiciel tiers permet de faire des groupes sur Mastodon : a.gup.pe/

    Le gros avantage des groupes est que vous voyez automatiquement tous les messages du groupe, même s'ils proviennent de comptes qui ne se sont pas encore fédérés à votre serveur.

    Voir fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on pour plus d'info sur la fonctionnalité (apparemment une fonctionnalité similaire est en développement dans mastodon)

    J'ai créé le groupe du village @latourdaigues.

    #feditip #groupes

  22. Une future excellente nouvelle : les groupes (avec modération) s'en viennent bientôt sur Mastodon.

    github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p

    Il ne manquera plus que les événements & textes longs !

    #groupes #mastodon