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  1. One minute, I held the key
    Next, the walls were closed on me
    And I discovered that my castles stand
    Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

    (Coldplay - Viva La Vida)

    Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ101
    Edit: cropped for square format

    #photo #photography #SilentSunday #closed #streetphotography #building #window #protect #shadows #Vienna #monochrome #blackandwhite

  2. One minute, I held the key
    Next, the walls were closed on me
    And I discovered that my castles stand
    Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

    (Coldplay - Viva La Vida)

    Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ101
    Edit: cropped for square format

    #photo #photography #SilentSunday #closed #streetphotography #building #window #protect #shadows #Vienna #monochrome #blackandwhite

  3. I went out for lunch today - a Friday tradition - and saw something that is a pet #peeve of mine. I'm going to explain why it is bad and why you [1] should not do it.

    At a #restaurant or similar establishment, DO NOT ask the #host / #server to #seat you in a section which is #closed. You may want to because it's "quieter" there, or you think you're doing everyone a favour because you won't disturb others or whatnot. But the reason it's closed is because the management doesn't anticipate enough business to keep it open, and therefore doesn't have #service #staff on to handle it.

    If you end up seated there, you're making the servers have to run back and forth between that section (to check on you) and the one they're actually supposed to be serving. It creates a lot of extra work for the #server, and makes the service worse, both for you and for the customers in the open #section, because of the time they waste going back and forth.

    A lot of servers/hosts are too polite to just say "no", especially with small independent businesses, so they'll seat you there, and everyone suffers. And then their #tips suffer, too, because of the degraded #service.

    Don't be that #asshole. Be #seated where they put you.

    [1] Well, not *you*, you're #lovely. You're reading this, so you're in the fediverse, and on an instance that hasn't been blocked or defederated, so you're probably a pretty good person. Apply this lesson to friends, colleagues, relatives when you go out together.

  4. I went out for lunch today - a Friday tradition - and saw something that is a pet #peeve of mine. I'm going to explain why it is bad and why you [1] should not do it.

    At a #restaurant or similar establishment, DO NOT ask the #host / #server to #seat you in a section which is #closed. You may want to because it's "quieter" there, or you think you're doing everyone a favour because you won't disturb others or whatnot. But the reason it's closed is because the management doesn't anticipate enough business to keep it open, and therefore doesn't have #service #staff on to handle it.

    If you end up seated there, you're making the servers have to run back and forth between that section (to check on you) and the one they're actually supposed to be serving. It creates a lot of extra work for the #server, and makes the service worse, both for you and for the customers in the open #section, because of the time they waste going back and forth.

    A lot of servers/hosts are too polite to just say "no", especially with small independent businesses, so they'll seat you there, and everyone suffers. And then their #tips suffer, too, because of the degraded #service.

    Don't be that #asshole. Be #seated where they put you.

    [1] Well, not *you*, you're #lovely. You're reading this, so you're in the fediverse, and on an instance that hasn't been blocked or defederated, so you're probably a pretty good person. Apply this lesson to friends, colleagues, relatives when you go out together.

  5. Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

    CAIRO — Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday,…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #closed-doortalk #crucialwaterway #droneattack #hormuz #Iran #iranwar #Iraq #mediator #MikeWaltz #monday #progress #Region #regionalofficial #strait #Tehran #u.s.ambassador
    newsbeep.com/664715/

  6. Twenty Eight Point Eight Degrees

    Reading Time: 2 minutes

    This morning I woke at 4 to have a shower, have breakfast, and then drive to Morges for a 6am run. As a result I had no opportunity to open windows, aerate or anything else. I kept every room closed so each room is a compartment.

    The result, is that the temperature in my flat has been completely flat, varrying by .01 of a degree throughout the day, rather than huge fluctuations.

    If I blast in the morning, then the temperature plummets, before flying back up to within half a degree. If I open windows, to vent the hot air I also end up heating the apartment.

    Intuitively you want to open windows, you want air to flow but by doing this you get warm air to enter, rather than exit. It’s counterintuitive to trust the building to control its own temperature.

    I checked the hallway and it is at 29.5°c. Meanwhile the bedroom is at 30°c or more. In all there is a 2 degree difference from room to room, and from one floor to the next.

    Netatmo and other apps have a clear message. 28.8 is too warm and most humans will agree with that, especially when there is no movement of air, or very little. The temperature is uncomfortable unless you’re wearing very little. Trousers and t-shirts are sweaty. Shorts are fine. Being shirtless is fine.

    It’s interesting that pouring water on arms, neck and face have a refreshing effect, even if the tap water is warm. Instead of relying on evaporation from the body alone, helping it with a splash of water every so often feels good.

    We read about taking several showers during a heatwave but that wastes water. If you cool strategic parts, like the neck, arm, and scalp then you’re cool. The static heat becomes more comfortable.

    In the end we have to trust the machine to do what it’s meant to, without micro-managing it.

    #closed #experiment #minergie #windows
  7. Twenty Eight Point Eight Degrees

    Reading Time: 2 minutes

    This morning I woke at 4 to have a shower, have breakfast, and then drive to Morges for a 6am run. As a result I had no opportunity to open windows, aerate or anything else. I kept every room closed so each room is a compartment.

    The result, is that the temperature in my flat has been completely flat, varrying by .01 of a degree throughout the day, rather than huge fluctuations.

    If I blast in the morning, then the temperature plummets, before flying back up to within half a degree. If I open windows, to vent the hot air I also end up heating the apartment.

    Intuitively you want to open windows, you want air to flow but by doing this you get warm air to enter, rather than exit. It’s counterintuitive to trust the building to control its own temperature.

    I checked the hallway and it is at 29.5°c. Meanwhile the bedroom is at 30°c or more. In all there is a 2 degree difference from room to room, and from one floor to the next.

    Netatmo and other apps have a clear message. 28.8 is too warm and most humans will agree with that, especially when there is no movement of air, or very little. The temperature is uncomfortable unless you’re wearing very little. Trousers and t-shirts are sweaty. Shorts are fine. Being shirtless is fine.

    It’s interesting that pouring water on arms, neck and face have a refreshing effect, even if the tap water is warm. Instead of relying on evaporation from the body alone, helping it with a splash of water every so often feels good.

    We read about taking several showers during a heatwave but that wastes water. If you cool strategic parts, like the neck, arm, and scalp then you’re cool. The static heat becomes more comfortable.

    In the end we have to trust the machine to do what it’s meant to, without micro-managing it.

    #closed #experiment #minergie #windows
  8. WE ARE CLOSED DUE TO UK HEATWAVE CRISIS 🥵🔥🥵

    As reported yesterday in the Geezer Guide to UK heatwaves, we have a heatwave in the UK. As near 30 degree Celsius heat boils the nation, electricity lines are failing and communication will return to pigeon mail and telegrams.

    Whilst there is no need to panic, there is also every need to panic.

    Do whatever it takes to survive: ram-raid an off-licence for ice packs, go for a swim in a canal, or walk around in those man shorts that normally would be the fashion death sentence of you. WE SHALL PREVAIL, BLIGHTY! For we have made it through worse…

    Closed for Annual Heatwave Theatrics

    The Professional Moron team has spent the morning of 23/06/2026 in a state of total hysterics. No work has been completed and we’ve even resorted to writing sentences in passive voice, such is the delirious onset of heatstroke.

    Manchester is baking. Google has issued a severe high temperature warning (see above the above paragraph).

    Weathermen on TV wearing flamboyant shirts with nice hair are pointing at weather screens and mansplaining at us we’re about to die.

    We’re not being dramatic when we say this is the most extreme weather ever seen in the history of the Earth. It’s as if Blighty is being punished for the dissolution of the British Empire.

    We have written a poem to the gods in the hope they have mercy on us here in Great Britain. This is the, aforementioned, poem:

    Oh my god it is hot,
    Bloody damn blast and drat,
    I just trod in a cow pat.

    Stay safe out there, British citizens, and keep in mind we can pull through this simply by blaming the heatwave on immigrants.

    #Closed #England #heat #Heatwave #Humor #Satire #satirical #Silly #UK #Weather #weatherForecast
  9. WE ARE CLOSED DUE TO UK HEATWAVE CRISIS 🥵🔥🥵

    As reported yesterday in the Geezer Guide to UK heatwaves, we have a heatwave in the UK. As near 30 degree Celsius heat boils the nation, electricity lines are failing and communication will return to pigeon mail and telegrams.

    Whilst there is no need to panic, there is also every need to panic.

    Do whatever it takes to survive: ram-raid an off-licence for ice packs, go for a swim in a canal, or walk around in those man shorts that normally would be the fashion death sentence of you. WE SHALL PREVAIL, BLIGHTY! For we have made it through worse…

    Closed for Annual Heatwave Theatrics

    The Professional Moron team has spent the morning of 23/06/2026 in a state of total hysterics. No work has been completed and we’ve even resorted to writing sentences in passive voice, such is the delirious onset of heatstroke.

    Manchester is baking. Google has issued a severe high temperature warning (see above the above paragraph).

    Weathermen on TV wearing flamboyant shirts with nice hair are pointing at weather screens and mansplaining at us we’re about to die.

    We’re not being dramatic when we say this is the most extreme weather ever seen in the history of the Earth. It’s as if Blighty is being punished for the dissolution of the British Empire.

    We have written a poem to the gods in the hope they have mercy on us here in Great Britain. This is the, aforementioned, poem:

    Oh my god it is hot,
    Bloody damn blast and drat,
    I just trod in a cow pat.

    Stay safe out there, British citizens, and keep in mind we can pull through this simply by blaming the heatwave on immigrants.

    #Closed #England #heat #Heatwave #Humor #Satire #satirical #Silly #UK #Weather #weatherForecast
  10. #EUROPEANS !
    AND #WORLD #CITIZENS !

    MASSIVELY INSTALL AND USE #EURO-OFFICE !!!!!!

    IT IS A GOOD TOOL, WITH A #NICE #UI, INTUITIVE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR USUAL #CLOSED #SOURCECODE TOOLS...

    AND 100% #OPENSOURCE

    MADE IN #EUROPE

    😎😎😎

  11. #EUROPEANS !
    AND #WORLD #CITIZENS !

    MASSIVELY INSTALL AND USE #EURO-OFFICE !!!!!!

    IT IS A GOOD TOOL, WITH A #NICE #UI, INTUITIVE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR USUAL #CLOSED #SOURCECODE TOOLS...

    AND 100% #OPENSOURCE

    MADE IN #EUROPE

    😎😎😎

  12. #EUROPEANS ! AND #WORLD #CITIZENS ! MASSIVELY INSTALL AND USE #EURO-OFFICE !!!!!! IT IS A GOOD TOOL, WITH A ́ICE #UI, INTUITIVE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR USUAL #CLOSED #SOURCECODE TOOLS... AND 100% #OPENSOURCE MADE IN #EUROPE 😎😎😎

  13. #EUROPEANS ! AND #WORLD #CITIZENS ! MASSIVELY INSTALL AND USE #EURO-OFFICE !!!!!! IT IS A GOOD TOOL, WITH A ́ICE #UI, INTUITIVE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR USUAL #CLOSED #SOURCECODE TOOLS... AND 100% #OPENSOURCE MADE IN #EUROPE 😎😎😎

  14. 🌟REMINDER🌟
    The #MontgomeryCountyMD Government and programs that impact County residents will be on a holiday schedule on Friday, June 19, 2026. Please plan for the following changes in observance of #Juneteenth.
    🌟Details▶️ montgomerycountymd.gov/news/mo
    #holiday #friday #tansportation #transit #mdcommuters #locoalgovernment #closed

  15. 🌟REMINDER🌟
    The #MontgomeryCountyMD Government and programs that impact County residents will be on a holiday schedule on Friday, June 19, 2026. Please plan for the following changes in observance of #Juneteenth.
    🌟Details▶️ montgomerycountymd.gov/news/mo
    #holiday #friday #tansportation #transit #mdcommuters #locoalgovernment #closed

  16. #Nordzugänge zur #Krim (Stand: 12.06.2026):

    - Chongar Bridge struck twice, traffic #closed.
    - Arabat Spit Bridge (Henichesk) damaged, traffic #heavily_restricted.
    - Perekop–Armyansk road bridge.
    - Bridge near Stavky.
    - Two bridges over North Crimean Canal (Preobrazhenka + Myrne)

    x.com/DrnBmbr/status/206538745

  17. If you know warren buffet or not. He is another bill...naire. while setting up #trust #funds for the grandkids, 3 #million a #piece. One, a #girl, said that wasn't #enough. He said, that's not enough, how about you get #nothing. Keep your #mouth #closed.

  18. If you know warren buffet or not. He is another bill...naire. while setting up #trust #funds for the grandkids, 3 #million a #piece. One, a #girl, said that wasn't #enough. He said, that's not enough, how about you get #nothing. Keep your #mouth #closed.

  19. theconversation.com/the-scotti. It's clear the #AMS system is a very imperfect system of #proportional #representation - #PR - producing #disproportional #results, as John Curtice notes, @ScottishGreens. #STV in multi-member constituencies, as used for the #Northern #Ireland #Assembly #elections, & for the Dáil Éireann in the #Irish #Republic, is preferable, & is certainly preferable to the #closed #Party #list system in multi-member constituencies now in use for the #Welsh #Senedd.

  20. theconversation.com/the-scotti. It's clear the #AMS system is a very imperfect system of #proportional #representation - #PR - producing #disproportional #results, as John Curtice notes, @ScottishGreens. #STV in multi-member constituencies, as used for the #Northern #Ireland #Assembly #elections, & for the Dáil Éireann in the #Irish #Republic, is preferable, & is certainly preferable to the #closed #Party #list system in multi-member constituencies now in use for the #Welsh #Senedd.

  21. #LibreOffice attacca #Microsoft: Il #formato #OOXML è assurdo

    #uno #closed

    TDF definisce OOXML così assurdo nella complessità da non riuscire nemmeno a gestire il #calendario #gregoriano. #Excel identifica erroneamente il #1900 come anno bisestile.

    Ahahah #buffoni

    punto-informatico.it/libreoffi