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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2025,
updated Nov 10, 2025

Walked up on this young elk, not knowing mother was bedded down in the woods nearby, Elk County Pa on Rt 555 in September

Updated This Past Day

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  3. Next Milestone: Adding Search, Making Archives Easier to Navigate [original]
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  8. Sick Culture Online [original]
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    New

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  13. Sculpt OS release 25.10
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  14. Besgnulinux JWM 3-1 version is ready for use
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  19. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Real Ownership, and Sharing
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  21. Google Summer of Labour in NetBSD, Swift Programming Language Now Available for FreeBSD
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  22. Security Leftovers
    Security news and morwe
  23. Hardware: BeagleBoard, Raspberry Pi, and More
    hardware hacking and Linux
  24. today's howtos
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  25. I made a portable Linux drive that boots on nearly any computer
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  26. WINE or Emulation: Bottles 52.1 Released and Retro PC Gaming the Easy Way with DOSBox Pure Unleashed
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  38. I'm finally jumping on the CachyOS bandwagon this weekend
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  39. KDE Plasma 6.6 and KDE Plasma Automatic Time Zone
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  41. Luberri – Linux Mint-based distro for Basque speakers
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  42. Building Chromium for Slackware
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  43. Proton Experimental and Hardware Leftovers
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  44. Today in Techrights
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