Notices by Draic inna n-airscél n-amrae (storydragon@dragonscave.space)

Dear Fedi, we need your help!

On Monday, the University of Utrecht announced that they would shut down six bachelor studies, including the 'bachelor of arts' ("BA") Celtic Languages and Culture.
Current students will be able to finish their study, but from 2026 on no new students are to be accepted.

This was shocking news to receive.
We will not go down without a fight, though! :drgn_knife_angry:
We started a petition to stop it! (see the end of the toot if you want to skip all about why it is bad to loose Celtic in Utrecht.)

The Celtic BA at Utrecht University is unique in the Netherlands, and rare worldwide. Moreover, being able to study Celtic here in the Netherlands, away from the political context you have when you study it in Ireland, for example, allows us to bring new insights, because we can see it all from a slightly different perspective, which is very valuable for the whole field of Celtic studies.
It should be no wonder then, that the department of Celtic studies at Utrecht University is internationally respected.
The Celtic department also delivers important contributions to the field of Celtic studies that are much-needed worldwide.
Therefore, it would be disastrous to lose this beautiful and culturally important bachelor, that celebrated its centenerary just last year!

Hence, I emplore you all to sign this petition to save Celtic!
https://chng.it/tBwmVpYqMF

It is also possible to write a letter or email wherein you write why it is so important to keep the Celtic bachelor, to the Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University, who has to vote together with the 'rectores' of all other Dutch universities about the dissolution of the Celtic bachelor.
If you decide to write a letter or email, the staff of the Celtic department would love to receive a copy.

Written letters can be directed to:
Professor dr. Henk Kummeling 
Universiteit Utrecht 
Bestuursgebouw 
Heidelberglaan 8 
3584 CS Utrecht 
The Netherlands 

Emails can be directed to:
h.kummeling@uu.nl

You can send the Celtic staff a copy by:
Adding their email address in the BCC, or emailing a scan of your letter:
keltischezomer@uu.nl

Alternatively, you can send a physical copy to @drnike, Aaron Griffith, or Natalia Petrovskaia, at
Trans 10
3512JK Utrecht
The Netherlands

There exists an example draft for letters, if you would like to see that, please ask me!

#CelticStudies

@Polychrome
Yep, I had other DVDs that did not work through Mplayer nor MPV that worked perfectly fine in VLC, but the two problematic DVDs do not even work in VLC...

Out of 13 DVDs, two cannot be played on my laptop, it seems.
I have absolutely no idea why those two fail. One has never been used before.
I do have 'libdvdcss' installed. The other DVDs work just fine.
I cannot find anything that those two DVDs have that the others don't have.
The DVDs are recognized just fine, but it is impossible to play them...

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?

#Linux #OpenSuse

MPV gives the errors:
"[dvdnav] Error getting next block from DVD 1 (Error reading NAV packet.)"
and
"No video or audio streams selected."

All the media players give some errors like "libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB (0x0036e5fa)" as well.

Happy World Autism Day!

Does anyone know of fiction where someone gets a piece of cheese lodged into their head?
Or song or other piece of art?

:boost_ok:

"Beste reizigers, wegens een draak op het spoor rijden er geen treinen van en naar Utrecht Centraal. Wij verzoeken u het spoor vrij te houden."

#FlashFictie

"Dear passengers, because of a dragon on the rails there will be no train services from and to Utrecht Centraal. You are requested not to enter the rails."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories #FlashFiction

@FrostPoem

The clock struck three, as the doorbell rang.
Who the hell could that be, at this unearthly hour?
And why was I awake?
Not wanting to let anyone wait, I ran to the door, and opened it.
Nobody was to be seen. I turned around and was about to close the door. At that moment, I heard a tiny voice, coming from a strange creature I hadn't noticed before. "Good night, sir. Here is your special delivery."
But I hadn't ordered anything!
Before I could mention this, the creature was gone.
I picked up the package, and went to sleep again, for I was quite exhausted.

The next morning, I was awoken by a cute, small dragon.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #ShortStories #MicroPrompt

@fonolog
Misschien kan er op de Nederlandse Trunk een categorie komen voor Neerlandici.
Dat zou je kunnen vragen aan @ruud.