grin @grin@mastodon.grin.hu

In #Budapest there are more than 30000 hand-picked small pebbles laying at the Margit-island. All those pebbles contain a number and an age, some a first name or nickname, some just "mom". Every pebble is for one person who died in #COVID in #Hungary. People started to put pebbles there last year, and soon thousands and thousands of new pebbles appeared, one by one, bordering the running strip around the little island.

In august 2021 the pebbles were so many that they were in danger from the large masses of people of the popular island, so the government of Budapest city and the people originally organised the memorial and their countless helpers have moved all the stones, a handful a time, into an inner park of the island, into a multiple spiralling line.

If you happen to be around, nice to know what these pebbles are. Lots and lots of stones.

[Full-time] IT Systems Specialist at Wikimedia Foundation https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10649/it-systems-specialist-at-wikimedia-foundation/ #jobs

A well-written #conservative / #right leanig article about how #Hungary's Victor #Orban is not "valuing conservative values", using the apropos of Tucker Carlson (Fox News "paleoconservative" commentator) coming to Hungary and having a happy meeting and country tour in a government-controlled bubble.

It is a rarely-found help for English-speaking conservatives believing Orban is their comerade.

www.thebulwark.com/an-open-let…

Damn! That's one elastic man!

https://www.adultswim.com/etcetera/elastic-man/

Today (last Friday of July) is the System Administrator Appreciation Day. Don't forget your backups, and show your appreciation to your local #sysadmin :-) If you want to know more about DSA, the Debian System Administrator team, you can have a look at their webpage https://dsa.debian.org/ - Thanks DSA for taking care of the Debian infrastructure!

RT @sotm@twitter.com

Explore the #SotM2021 programme with a great choice of inspiring talks, innovative discussion and self-organised sessions!
🗒 https://2021.stateofthemap.org/programme/
Which speech are you most looking forward to? Let us know! 💬

#StateoftheMap #SotM #OpenStreetMap

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sotm/status/1413045189560586241

Tomorrow, #OpenStreetMap contributors, enthusiasts, and supporters will *virtually* gather together for #StateoftheMap 2021!

What's your favorite or memorable moments of past #SotM conferences? :)

Answer / share photos on the thread as we begin our countdown to #SOTM2021!

An extremely deep invasion of privacy: Almost all German police agencies and secret services are now allowed to hack into computers and telephones https://digit.site36.net/2021/06/30/germany-the-state-hacks-along/ #staatstrojaner

Scott Duncan on Twitter: "I can't believe I am writing this.

Canada 🇨🇦 has obliterated its national all-time heat record *for the second day in a row*.

Before yesterday, greater than 45°C had never been recorded. As far as climatology is concerned, this is deeply shocking."

Lytton, Canada, observed 47.9°C or 118°F.