Could someone please help me identify when these 2 books were actually manufactured?

Just learned about lead contamination in vintage books and want to know the print (manufacture) date before letting children handle these beloved books again.

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@mtechman/115783356140733628

Thank you @mtechman for sharing the lead in vintage books. This is horrifying.

How do I check when a book (already in my possession) was printed? When I buy a new book online how do I can when it was printed?

#yunohost questions,

* what backup strategy do you use to protect your precious data?

* has anyone hosted it against a cloud based RAID disk and an managed database instance like Postgres / MySQL from one of the major cloud providers.

My questions stem from being able to de-risk data loss as […]

Hi #security experts, I had a question about #Yubikey. If someone doesn’t have a YubiKey and a website allow 2FA only with a hard token, is there an app or software that could simulate a hard token? How secure / insecure would that option be?

Is there a project similar to the one where folks #archive government websites but for #pbs shows?

#waybackmachine #USpol

I’m having some trouble following what’s happening with #pbs and #npr. Fo we loose all the non-local programming like the news, various YouTube channels, etc? Or just some underfunded local broadcasting?

Hi @FediTips

On @peertube is there a way to filter videos by language?

#askfedi

Question about Democratic primary politics - don’t candidates running in primaries sign a pledge to support the eventual winner of the primary? If so, how did Andrew Cuomo break his pledge by not supporting the winner and choosing to run as an independent?

#democrats #USpol #nypol #mamdani […]

Question regarding California’s click-to-cancel law (Automatic renewal law),

* Costco wouldn’t let us check the price of appliances without a membership id.
* I purchased the membership online though their app and found the deals were shit.
* Couldn’t find a way to cancel through the app, chat […]

A Cooper’s Hawk with a catch, San Jose, CA, July 2025

#inaturalist #nature #wildlife #raptors #birds #birdsofmastodon #hawks #SanJose #California #sfba #alt4you

A butterfly (not sure about species, ID welcome), enjoying the blooms on a butterfly bush, San Jose, California, June 2025

#inaturalist #butterfly #bloomscrolling #SanJose #California #sfba #wildlife #nature #alt4you

Swallowtail-in-waiting.
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera