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FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@PLUG #ActivityInThePub #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Chandler #Mesa #PhxFedi #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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SSH Tunnels tonight at @PLUG
Description: SSH is a secure networking multitool. Tunnel backwards and forwards, double-tunnel, throw a tunnel, tunnel for proxies and applications. Learn important configuration options and command line convienience tips as well.
tonight @ 19:00 AZ ( UTC - 7 )
1702 E Highland, Phoenix
@FLOSS_Stammtisch is next Tuesday on the 18th also starting at 19:00
#LocalGroup #Phoenix #Arizona #FLOSSgroup #LUG #PLUG #Stammtisch #FLOSS_Stammtisch #SSH #OpenSSH
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Good attendance at latest vigil
Nearly 40 showing continued concern
July 2026
Vigil number 138 held this Saturday with just under 40 who came to support. It is amazing that people continue to come and although there are the diehards, new faces come each time. Recognition by passers-by was strong as many at 10 a minute at one stage and over 100 overall. We meet every Saturday in the market square by the Library at 5 pm. All are welcome.
The situation remains grim with 1,123 killed in Gaza since the October ‘cease fire’: cease fire seeming to mean slightly less killing than before. We have already noted the new prime minister, Andy Burnham’s apology for the shameful response by Sir Keir Starmer at the beginning of the conflict which did so much damage to the party and to his reputation. Aseel Baidoun, Deputy Director of Advocacy and Communications at Medical Aid for Palestinians, said:
“Prime Minister Burnham enters Downing Street with an opportunity to chart a new course on the UK’s response to Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory. His acknowledgement that the last administration ‘got it wrong’ on Gaza is a welcome first step. It must now be followed by urgent action to uphold international law and protect Palestinian lives.
“[…] The new Government must match its words with action by suspending arms transfers to Israel, ending trade with illegal settlements, suspending the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, and taking meaningful steps to ensure accountability for violations of international law.”
We noted in a recent post that the government is actively supporting arms sales with money, insurance and organisation at events such as Farnborough. The government has closed down its monitoring unit in the Foreign Office so will be even less aware of events on the ground.
Israel protest
One piece of good news is that Al Jazeera report that there have been demonstrations in Tel Aviv against settler violence which continues at pace. The UN’s OCHA reports that Fatalities linked to settler attacks in 2026 have already surpassed the total recorded during all of 2025, with 18 Palestinians killed as of 20 July compared with 17 throughout 2025.
About 90 Palestinians were displaced by demolitions and settler attacks during the reporting period, most following a large-scale demolition carried out by Israeli authorities in a Bedouin community in Qalqiliya governorate. Demolitions and settler attacks continued to affect Palestinian homes, water systems, schools and livelihood assets, further undermining access to essential services and community resilience.
We await to see if the new prime minister and new Foreign Secretary who replaces the largely ineffective Yvette Cooper, will bring changes to British policy concerning the region and our approach to the Israeli regime. No sign of the local MP, Mr John Glen who is a proud member of the Conservative Friends of Israel along with around 200 other MPs.
Sources include: UN, Lemkin Institute, Guardian, Al Jazeera, OCHA.
Photo courtesy of Peter Gloyns
#AndyBurnham #Gaza #Labour #localGroup #Salisbury #UN #vigil #voluntaryOrganisation -
FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@PLUG #ActivityInThePub #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Mesa #PhxFedi #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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Impromptu Adventures with Zabbix, another fun topic from Alyssa Druckenbrodt at @PLUG
Description: Lessons and quirks learned by a Zabbix newbie while deploying to a large production environment quickly and without prior scoping and planning.
This Thursday @ 19:00 AZ ( UTC - 7 )
1702 E Highland, Phoenix
@FLOSS_Stammtisch is next Tuesday on the 16th also starting at 19:00
#LocalGroup #Phoenix #Arizona #FLOSSgroup #LUG #PLUG #Stammtisch #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Zabbix #monitoring
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Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822), a member of our Local Group of galaxies
Credits: data obtained using the MegaCam camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope; image by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum); copyright © 2016 CFHT
https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/AIOM/English/CFHT-Coelum-AIOM-Oct2016.html
#CFHT #galaxy #Megacam #galaxies #dwardgalaxy #BarnardsGalaxy #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #photography #astrophotography #LocalGroup
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FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@PLUG #ActivityInThePub #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Mesa #PhxFedi #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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Deploying Quantum Computing Resistant Encryption Algorithms — a risk-based approach from Hoyt L Kesterson II
Description: Hoyt starts with Caesar and works up to public key and moves on to new encryption methods that resist quantum computing
This Thursday @ 19:00 AZ ( UTC - 7 )
1702 E Highland, Phoenix
@FLOSS_Stammtisch is next Tuesday on the 19th also starting at 19:00
#LocalGroup #Phoenix #Arizona #FLOSSgroup #LUG #PLUG #Stammtisch #FLOSS_Stammtisch #encryption #InfoSec #QuantumComputing
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FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@PLUG #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Mesa #PhxFedi #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
St Patricks Day is busy in pubs, so we might be a couple doors down from Boulders at Green Corner for Greek food
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@PLUG #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Mesa #PhxFedi #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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#PLUG Topic: Network Basics for the uninitiated. A core topics discussion for those who don't know where to start
This Thu @ 19:00 AZ ( UTC - 7 )
1702 E Highland, Phoenix
Bio: Alyssa enjoys the various Linux options and currently works as a Senior Network Engineer
@FLOSS_Stammtisch is next Tue, which is St Patrick's Day. It will be in person near Boulders on Southern in Mesa, maybe at Green Corner ( gyros! )
#LocalGroup #Arizona #FLOSSgroup #Stammtisch #FLOSS_Stammtisch #networking
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ galaxy ✧
A galaxy is a massive system bound together by gravity that contains stars and surrounding matter, stellar remnants, interstellar matter, and dark matter, all orbiting a common center of gravity. Typical galaxies range from as few as 10 million stars up to supergiants with 100 trillion stars, but most of the mass is dark matter. The Solar System is in the Milky Way ga...
#SolarSystem #LocalGroup #Earth #Wikipedia
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FLOSS_Stammtisch is Tuesday night in Mesa, Arizona
We meet monthly at 19:00 AZ time ( UTC-7 ) for conversation, food and drinks on the third Tuesday
Including #ActivityInThePub since Boulders is a pub
Location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
@socallinuxexpo is in a few weeks, before PLUG or Stammtisch in March
@PLUG #Stammtisch #LocalGroup #Arizona #PLUG #FLOSS_Stammtisch #Phoenix #Tempe #Mesa #PhxFedi and #AZFedi @FLOSS_Stammtisch
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Tango of Titans: Centaurus A and M83 as a Local Group Analog
by David Benisty, Noam Libeskind, and Dmitry Makarov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11268
#Cosmography #Cosmology #galaxies #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #news #LocalGroup
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A ‘large-scale sheet’ surrounding the Milky Way explains the motion of nearby galaxies
#Cosmology #LocalGroup #galaxies #MilkyWay #astrodon #astrophysics #science #news
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Revisiting the Great Attractor: The Local Group's streamline trajectory, cosmic velocity and dynamical fate
by Richard Stiskalek and co-authors (incl. @AstroMikeHudson)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08524#Cosmography #GreatAttractor #Cosmology #galaxies #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news #LocalGroup #Laniakea #supercluster #LaniakeaSupercluster
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A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version https://flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU#Cosmology #LocalGroup #galaxies #MilkyWay #Andromeda #Astronomy #Astrodon #visualization #science #Cosmography #map #cartography