I don't believe in goals that you set like pieces of furniture.
I believe in images that appear before you know what they mean.
I believe that desires are not weaknesses, but clues.
That dreams are not escapes, but designs.
That imagination is not a luxury, but a compass.
I reject the notion that you have to be "ready" to begin.
Readiness arises in action.
Clarity follows movement, not the other way around.
A vision board is not a wish list.
It is not a success plan.
It is a quiet place where the unspoken finds expression.
I don't work against resistance;
I listen to it.
Often, it knows more than the will.
I don't believe in creative and uncreative people.
I believe in experienced and discouraged people.
And in the right to practice again.
The process is more important than the product.
Not because the result is irrelevant,
but because otherwise it remains empty.
I trust slow insights.
I distrust quick promises.
I take inner images seriously, even if they don't yet have a language.

FIRST FESTIVAL EVENT 2026 @ PANGEAVILLE

Monday, January 26th, Electronic Music at PangeaVille

DJ MARLON ......................TECHNO
ADRIANA DARKHEART.....VOCALTRANCE/ UPLIFTING/MELODYTRANCE
ARMANDO LEROY............CLASSIC TRANCE
Start: 19:00 UHR CET / 10:00 AM PST
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22

Monster dump of 900GB in size:
IMPORTING A HUGE MYSQL/MARIADB DUMP FROM WINDOWS TO DEBIAN

This guide describes a proven and stable way to import a very large
MySQL/MariaDB dump (hundreds of GB to ~1 TB) from a Windows server into
MariaDB on a Debian server.

The procedure avoids double disk usage, survives network disconnects,
and prevents common errors like “server has gone away”.

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PREREQUISITES
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- Windows Server with dump.sql (e.g. D:.sql) - Debian
Server with enough free disk space - MariaDB installed and
running - Root access to MariaDB - Network access between
Windows and Debian

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1. WINDOWS: SHARE THE DUMP DIRECTORY

- The dump file is located on drive D:
- Share the drive (or directory) via Windows file sharing (SMB)
- Example: Share name: d Path: D:
- Grant read permissions to the Administrator account

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2. DEBIAN: MOUNT WINDOWS SHARE (CIFS/SMB)
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Install required tools: apt install -y cifs-utils screen

Create mount point: mkdir -p /mnt/windowsdump

Mount the Windows share: mount -t cifs //WINDOWS_IP/d
/mnt/windowsdump -o username=Administrator,vers=3.0

Verify: ls -lh /mnt/windowsdump You should see dump.sql.
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3. PREPARE MARIADB FOR LARGE IMPORTS

Create the target database: mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE griddb;
EXIT;

Create configuration file: nano
/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/99-bigimport.cnf

Content: [mysqld] max_allowed_packet=1G net_read_timeout=600
net_write_timeout=600 wait_timeout=28800 interactive_timeout=28800

Restart MariaDB: systemctl restart mariadb

Verify setting: mysql -u root -p -e “SHOW VARIABLES LIKE
‘max_allowed_packet’;”

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4. START THE IMPORT SAFELY USING SCREEN
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Start a screen session: screen -S sqlimport

Run the import: mysql –max_allowed_packet=1G -u root -p
griddb < /mnt/windowsdump/dump.sql

Detach screen (import keeps running): CTRL + A, then D
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5. MONITORING

Check if import is running: ps aux | grep mysql

You should see: mysql –max_allowed_packet=1G -u root -p griddb

CPU and disk usage are expected to be high.

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6. COMPLETION
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The import is finished when the mysql process disappears.

Unmount the Windows share: umount /mnt/windowsdump
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COMMON ERRORS AND SOLUTIONS

ERROR 2006 (server has gone away): - Increase max_allowed_packet -
Increase net_read_timeout / net_write_timeout

Packet bigger than max_allowed_packet: - Ensure both server and client
use 1G packet size

Import aborted due to network loss: - Always run the import inside
screen

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NOTES
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- Imports of this size may take 12–36 hours
- Silence during import is normal
- Do not interrupt the process

Beastie Boys

Entdecke die fesselnde Geschichte der Beastie Boys – von ihren Punk-Wurzeln in New York bis zu globalen Erfolgen, detaillierten Mitgliederbiografien, Kollaborationen und einer umfassenden Diskografie in diesem ausführlichen Artikel.

Zum ganzen Artikel auf Xenopolias hier lang > https://wp.me/pfapSM-25K

All articles on Xenopolias are available in all common languages.

Dust off those flares, shine up your platform shoes, and step back in time for the grooviest night in town!

Join us for a 70’s Party with the sensational DJ Jon Temple, spinning the very best tunes from the decade of disco, funk, and feel-good classics.

🕺 When: Monday 26th January
💃 Where: The Blue Angel Club
🎧 Featuring: DJ Jon Temple – bringing you the soundtrack of the 70’s: from ABBA to Bowie, from the Bee Gees to Blondie.

It’s time to dance under the mirror ball, sing your heart out, and relive the golden age of good vibes!

✨ Dress up in your 70’s best and get ready to party all night long! ✨

The Blue Angel Club – Where the 70’s Never Died!

Todays event is a flash back to the 1970's music scene. Held in our Sister club, The Blue Angel in Trafalgar Square, London 2. hop://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/London%202/92/195/27
DJ Jon Temple will be spinning so great 70's retro sounds and taking your requests. 12 - 2pm ost

🌙 Moonlight Stage • @ AMV Main Land Point

Tonight at 2 AM Grid Time

DJ Yana brings a glowing fusion of 70’s and 80’s classics, a deep‑cut mix built for late‑night wanderers, dancers, and anyone who needs a little warmth under the virtual moon.

✨ Where: Moonlight Stage, Alternate MetaVerse Grid
✨ When: 2 AM Grid Time
✨ Vibe: Retro grooves, soft neon, and a dance floor that feels like home

Step into the light, let the music take over, and join us for a timeless ride through the decades.

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/35...

I have a project coming out for public beta test soon and I thought that now would probably be a good time to share 10 RULES of TECH SUPPORT!

MY PERSONAL TECH SUPPORT RULES ANYWAY.

(Please Read Before Speaking)

Rule one: the computer did exactly what you told it to do, not what you meant. It is not psychic. It is not creative. It is aggressively literal and has no emotional attachments to you..

Rule two: the documentation exists for a reason. Skipping it and asking for help is like ignoring the map, driving into a lake, and calling to complain about the water.

Rule three: “It doesn’t work” is not useful information. That is a feeling. Feelings are valid. They are not diagnostic.

Rule four: when I am explaining something, this is not a discussion. This is the part where you stop talking and listen. Questions are welcome after the explanation, not during the sentence you interrupted.

Rule five: something changed. It always does. The system did not wake up this morning and choose chaos. You, time, or physics touched it. Figure out which.

Rule six: support cannot fix what you refuse to describe. If you changed something “small” and didn’t mention it, congratulations—you have just doubled the troubleshooting time.

Rule seven: urgency does not make you right. Saying “this is critical” does not rewrite reality; it just raises everyone’s blood pressure.

Rule eight: software does not include common sense. That must be provided by the user. If a warning says “don’t do this” and you do it anyway, the outcome is not mysterious.

Rule nine: if you ignore instructions, you own the result. This is not punishment. This is cause and effect.

Rule ten: If the source code tells you not to do something, there is a valid reason. Disobey at your own peril.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Please RTFM again.

🌙 Moonlight Stage • @ AMV Main Land Point

Tonight at 2 AM Grid Time

DJ Yana brings a glowing fusion of 70’s and 80’s classics, a deep‑cut mix built for late‑night wanderers, dancers, and anyone who needs a little warmth under the virtual moon.

✨ Where: Moonlight Stage, Alternate MetaVerse Grid
✨ When: 2 AM Grid Time
✨ Vibe: Retro grooves, soft neon, and a dance floor that feels like home

Step into the light, let the music take over, and join us for a timeless ride through the decades.

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/32...

Starting soon!!! Time has almost come, Friends!!! Free rentals for every Hypergrid-User will be available soon at Paralax Life (http://paralax.life:8002)! Including Multiscene Skyboxes, Free Parcels and for new Gridmembers a limited offer of whole free Regions! Stay Tuned for more!

Und nochmal eine Premiere. Das Titelbild von heute, ist eine Infografik die auf einen Blick zeigt welche Themen in der Audienz zur Meldung und somit vors Podest kamen.
https://lennardmonday.blogspot.com/2026/01/audienz-journal...

In the long distant past, my commentary on current events would be published by the local papers. In the somewhat more recent past, I would have posted this on Google Plus, where I had 10,000+ followers (most of them were, admittedly, fake Russian accounts). I don’t have quite the reach now on the few social media accounts I use. So I’m posting here, among mostly friends, while I decide how and where-else to post this on-line. Feel free to pass this along in whatever fashion you like.

The Execution of Alex Jeffrey Pretti 

The man fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in the morning of Saturday, January 24th in Minneapolis was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen with no criminal record. Mr. Pretti, who was 37, was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital. According to friends, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’ He was, but can be no longer. He was not just shot by Border Patrol agents. He was executed.

Almost immediately after agents shot Mr. Pretti, federal officials claimed that he had endangered agents with a gun he was carrying, and some later accused him of “domestic terrorism.” But videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times appear to contradict portions of the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting. But let’s not, for the moment, debate about why the shooting happened. It happened. And what happened after is what made this not just a shooting. It was an execution.

Border Patrol agents threw Mr. Pretti to the ground and, within seconds, four or five agents started shooting him. Ten shots were fired. Afterwards, when agents could have been rendering first aid, they appeared to be inspecting the body, counting the number of bullet wounds. Like you might count the number of hits on a target at the shooting range.

There were five or more bullet wounds, three of them to his back.

A doctor on the scene told an agent that they were a physician and asked to check Mr. Pretti. He was initially refused, but eventually allowed to go to Mr. Pretti after being patted down. “Normally, I would not have been so persistent,” the doctor said in their statement, “but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him.”

Law enforcement officers are generally expected to render first aid after a shooting once the scene is safe and the threat has been neutralized. This expectation is rooted in federal policies, state laws, and professional standards. Once a person is incapacitated or arrested, they are considered to be in the officer's care, making the officer responsible for their safety and treatment. But the agents were not rendering first aid. And when the doctor asked if Mr. Pretti had a pulse, the agents allegedly stated they did not know.

The agents did not take Mr. Pretti’s pulse. They hadn’t applied first aid. Rendering first aid is what you do after a shooting. It’s not what you do after an execution.

This mirrors a similar shooting on January 7, 2026, involving Renée Good, where a doctor was recorded asking to check the victim's pulse. The doctor was initially told "No." The agent said "I don't care."

We do care. We should care. We should do something to stop the shootings and the deliberate indifference of federal agents.

We should do something to stop the executions.  

Miss Munk will be spinning her wheels of steel at 1 pm grid time, at The Piazza!
Bring your headphones and get on down here and listen to nonstop beat matching and full spectrum sound!
Plug the link into your map and we'll see you there.
http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Heute
Ölt die Zahnräder, poliert die Goggles und schnallt euer Korsetts fest – am 25.01.2026 ab 20:00 Uhr wird nicht nur Dampf gemacht, sondern richtig aufgedreht.
DJ Kai wirbelt die Ventilatoren an,
Plattenschubse Marina schmeißt die Scheiben wie glühende Kohlen ins Getriebe.
Erwartet einen Abend voller Funkensprühen, schräger Erfindungen und tanzender Maschinenwesen.
Komm im Steampunk-Look oder so, wie du die Zeitmaschine gerade ausspuckt – Hauptsache bereit für Chaos mit Stil.

DJane Dragon at the Coffin Club
8 to 10 AM Gridtime (AMV) TODAY (17-19 UHR MEZ)
playing you industrial and EBM.

The Coffin Club is a gothic club in a church surrounded by a cemetry, furnished with coffins, music is gothic, rock, metal, EBM and Industrial.

Take your friends and come over.
Waiting for you
Dragon

Listen: http://dragon.radioamv.com
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Carpe%20Noctem/87/170/22
Join us on AMV: https://alternatemetaverse.com/

🕊️ The Circle of Healing — A Ceremonial Gathering on Samsara

Guided by Yana Dakota • AMV Grid
Within the quiet lands of Samsara, a sacred hour of stillness and presence will be held.
All are invited to step into a circle of breath, awareness, and gentle community.

Arrival: 10:15 AM grid time
Opening of the Circle: 10:30 AM
Closing: 11:30 AM

This gathering includes a period of noble silence, held with care and supported by music chosen to deepen awareness and rest.

Those who carry burdens of the body, heart, or spirit.
and those who walk beside someone who suffers,
are warmly welcome to join this hour of healing presence.

Come as you are.
Sit as you are.
Breathe as you are.
The circle will hold you.

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Samsara/1096/470/40

🌟 DJ TYLER’S BREAKFAST BOOGIE — 6–8 AM! @ ALTERNATE METAVERSE🌟
Start your morning with a blast of 1970s disco energy. Slide into two hours of great vibes, great people, and nonstop feel‑good tunes. Lace up those dancing shoes and jump into the disco line — the groove train is leaving the station!
Hop: hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/30...

Skinny Dip Beach Party & DJ YANA
Sunday, Jan 25th | 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM
Location: Alternate MetaVerse Grid

Taxi; hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Skinny%20Dip%20Beach/157...
Get ready to strip down and turn up.
Live DEEJAY' s will take you on a two-hour ride of high-energy beats.
Bikinis, bare skin, and beats that don’t quit.

This is the night to break loose, own your freedom, and dance like nothing’s off-limits.
Be there, or hear about it later.

With the multitude of AI images populating every corner of the Web,
many people want to make their own reproduction of specific images,
this was previously impossible,
but is now very easy, all you need is this site/tool

https://huggingface.co/spaces/fffiloni/CLIP-Interrogator-2

It works via image upload but also by copy/paste
If you use Google Chrome (I'm not sure how other browsers work)
You can right/click an image and copy it
then paste it into the tool using the paste button
Then hit "Submit"
The tool will output a suggested prompt...
to create variants of the image you selected!!!

Global Opensim Search is back online after an auto updater broke my run time engine. Grid, Events, regions, parcels and almost 6,000 free items.

https://outworldz.com/search/SearchParcel.htm

It's probably going to take a few hours to crawl the grids as there's about 5,000 in the database.

TONIGHT! 11/24/2026 !! 8PM PDT (GRID TIME).
Littlefield Grid's Winter Dance Party at Kitzbuhel Ski Resort!
COME JOIN US AT OUR WINTER DANCE PARTY
AT THE BEAUTIFUL KITZBUHEL SKI RESORT!!
SKIING, SNOWMOBILES, ICE SKATING,
HORSE CARRIAGE RIDES, WINTER OUTFITS!!
LIVE DJ WALTER BALAZIC SPINNING ALL YOUR FAVORITES
FROM THE 60'S TO TODAY'S HITS!!

lfgrid.com:8002:Kitzbuhel

Hi everyone,

Great workshop today at Cool School! We were so glad to see those “aha!” moments happening throughout the session. We missed a few of our regulars who couldn’t make it, whether feeling under the weather or helping out family members, but no worries!

We’ve put together a two-part video recap that walks through exactly what we covered today. It’s always great to join a workshop live, but these videos are a perfect way to catch up (and you don’t even have to take notes!).

Thanks again for your participation and enthusiasm. We really appreciate it!

Part 1 - 15 minutes https://youtu.be/5MUkXm1NDsg?si=NoR3yWGw9WOsMvdK
Part 2 - 15 minutes https://youtu.be/_KWoGDkwitw?si=9Rl4kV17BkKA2Kqz

Das ist eine kleine Premiere heute, dieser Artikel über das Roleplay, das wir gestern am Samstag in unserer Carima-Welt hatten. Eine Premiere deshalb weil ich mit Hilfe von KI-Programmen eine für mich aussergewöhnliche und neuartige Präsentation vorführen kann.
https://lennardmonday.blogspot.com/2026/01/wenn-feuerwasse...

The moment you step into Fantasia, the air itself feels alive—thick with shimmer and old magic, like the land is breathing alongside you.
Behind you lie the sunlit meadows where fairies darted like living sparks, their laughter chiming as softly as windbells. You remember the elves, tall and watchful among silver-barked trees, their eyes holding centuries of knowing. You remember the unicorns standing still and showing majesty.
But Fantasia is never only gentle.
Ahead of you, the land sinks.
The colors drain away as if swallowed. The ground grows soft beneath your boots, and a low fog crawls along the earth, curling around your ankles like curious fingers. You’ve reached the swamp.
Cold presses in immediately. Not the sharp cold of winter, but a damp, bone-seeping chill that slides under your cloak and settles into your spine. The light dims, smothered by towering, twisted trees whose branches claw at the sky. Long vines hang down, swaying slowly, as though the swamp itself is breathing… watching… waiting.
Every step makes a sound—squelch, suck, sigh—and each one feels far too loud.
Then it happens.
You freeze.
Right in front of your face, no more than a breath away, something moves.
A snake, its body looped over a branch above, dangles down like a living rope. Its scales gleam wetly in the faint light, eyes unblinking, ancient and patient. You can almost feel its cold presence measuring you. Time stretches. Your heart hammers. Slowly—so slowly—you lean back, easing past it. The snake doesn’t strike… but you feel its gaze follow you long after you’ve gone.
You force yourself onward.
The swamp deepens. Water pools around your calves now, black and opaque. The silence grows heavier, broken only by distant croaks and the low hum of unseen insects. Then—
SPLASH.
The water erupts beside you.
An alligator surges from the muck, jaws snapping shut where your leg had been a heartbeat before. Mud and water explode into the air. You stumble back, slipping, barely keeping your footing as the beast thrashes, its armored body rippling with raw, prehistoric power. Yellow eyes lock onto yours—hungry, calculating.
You don’t wait.
You run.
Branches whip at your face. Vines tear at your clothes. Your breath burns in your chest as you burst through the reeds and into a clearing—only to stop dead.
Because you are not alone.
They rise from the shadows like the swamp’s final judgment.
Trolls.
Huge, hunched shapes with skin like moss-covered stone, eyes glowing faintly beneath heavy brows. Their bodies are scarred, ancient, as if they were carved from the swamp itself and given cruel life. One grips a massive club studded with bones. Another snarls, revealing jagged teeth stained dark with old victories.
Their laughter rumbles low and ugly, shaking the air.
“You’ve wandered far, little traveler,” one growls, its voice like rocks grinding together.
The cold, the darkness, the weight of Fantasia’s trials all press down on you in that moment. Behind you: the snake, the alligator, the endless swamp. Ahead of you: the trolls and whatever fate they decide.
And yet…
Somewhere deep inside, the magic you felt at the beginning—the fairies’ light, the unicorn’s calm, the elves’ quiet strength—flares again.
Fantasia has tested you.
Now it waits to see who you truly are.

Cool School launches today at 2:00 PM!

It’s SVG day, and we’re getting hands-on with PhotoPea, Blender, and Copilot to turn ideas into clean, powerful graphics.

Learning just leveled up. 🎨🧠And a reminder, these workshops are for intermediate creators.

yeah it`s Saturday and what happens?
DJ Emmy Lou comes and says...
come one Let's just have a spontaneous party...
She will spinning some Electro Tunes for you and rocking the Cube!!
So come all, Emmy will start at 12pm grid time!!