Earlier this year, several Final Fantasy games went DRM-free for the first time, by coming to GOG. Then four SaGa games came to GOG. And now we have two Mana games as well!

All of the aforementioned games are on sale, for another 10 days and change.

Here's a full list:

• Final Fantasy III (3D version)
• Final Fantasy IV (3D version)
• Final Fantasy VII (updated original PC version)
• Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
• Final Fantasy IX
• Romancing SaGa 2 (remastered version from 2017)
• Romancing SaGa 3 (remastered version from 2019)
• SaGa Frontier Remastered
• SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions
• Legend of Mana
• Trials of Mana (3D version)

Sale link: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260526_square_enix_publisher_sale

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Is there a setting that can allow me to keep browsing history on LibreWolf "forever", i.e. without it expiring and getting dumped after some time?

It's not in the settings, but I'm willing to dive into about:config to do it.

I'm working on re-creating a logo we had last year onto this year's #Canvas. The site, complete with template, is linked above!

#Canvas2024

Okay, technically, woman.

In short, someone found a dead body while fishing. So, content warning, the story is about that. Though the article doesn't actually have any nasty imagery or verbal details, just a picture of the water with a sunken streetlight pole in it.

(...Yes, I'll admit I posted this because of the pun.)

Found this on Mastodon. A "Christmas tree" of flasks with differently colored liquids.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/3314637

...yeah. This is a thing. Both of these are things.

...yeah. This is a thing. Both of these are things.

In short: due to mishandling at the Port of Tampa Bay, some gasoline has been contaminated with diesel, and this gas was distributed to various gas stations -- mainly along the Gulf Coast of Florida (particularly unfortunate due to Idalia) but also elsewhere.

Story: https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2023/08/27/florida-gas-contamination-idalia/

updated list: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2023/08/29/citgo-fuel-contamination-list-gas-stations-updated/ (linked above)

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click here, or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you!

If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself):

• Markham Park (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise)
• City of Plantation (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• Quiet Waters Park (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• City of Sunrise (special event: September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary)
• Miramar Pineland (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon)
• Central Broward Regional Park (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am)
• Delray Beach (in Old School Square Park)
• Palm Beach County
• Pinellas County

But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event.

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

BioBlitz events will be held in the following places in Broward County this September: (links are to their iNaturalist project pages)

• Markham Park (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise)
• City of Plantation (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• Quiet Waters Park (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• City of Sunrise (special event: September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary)
• Miramar Pineland (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon)
• Central Broward Regional Park (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am)

Note: BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate anytime even if you can't go on these specific days!

If you're not sure what this is all about...

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which consists of a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top.

The BioBlitz events happening in Broward specifically are the ones I listed at the top. (Markham Park is located within Sunrise, so any observations you make there count for both projects.)

They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. But you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere, even if they're not part of a project.)

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! Feel free to post questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.

(cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577)

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

There's the following BioBlitz events in state of Florida next month: (links go to their iNaturalist projects)

• Markham Park (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise)
• City of Plantation (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• Quiet Waters Park (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• City of Sunrise (special event: September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary)
• Miramar Pineland (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon)
• Central Broward Regional Park (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am)
• Delray Beach (in Old School Square Park)
• Palm Beach County
• Pinellas County

I don't know when the last three are having their special events (if any); check with their parks or local government calendars. But the BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate even if there aren't special events!

Not sure what this is all about?

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist.

Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which involves a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top. I looked on its map and found all the projects for BioBlitz events in Florida. Hopefully, there's one near you!

They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. I've listed the ones I know of. But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere.)

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! (Feel free to ask questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.)