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StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com ("Steven Saus [he/him]") wrote:

There is a HUGE chicken recall. The majority of the products are things *including, but not limited to* "ready to eat" salad kits with chicken, frozen casseroles, skillet kits, and more. The PDF with labels of recalled items includes brands from Kroger, Trader Joe's, Giant Eagle, Amazon, and more. The PDF is 162 PAGES worth of stuff.

Alert: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/brucepac-recalls-ready-eat-meat-and-poultry-products-due-possible-listeria

Direct to PDF of recalled labels: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/food_label_pdf/2024-10/Recall-028-2024-Labels.pdf

#food #recall

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Columbus when he couldn't find the spice route

Attachments:

• George Costanza sitting on a couch. Caption: I think it moved.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Attachments:

• Jerry and Elaine. Caption: Euro trash

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

derek@social.coop ("Derek Caelin 🌱") wrote:

My friend in #Asheville recommends the following organizations for people trying to recover from #Helene.

- Beloved Asheville - https://www.belovedasheville.com/

- World Central Kitchen - https://wck.org/news/helene-water-tankers

- Hearts with Hands - https://www.heartswithhands.org/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I do so very much love sftp

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

mwl@io.mwl.io ("Like Mucas :flan_yikes:") wrote:

For the sensible people who don't live online, and thus miss things like me foolishly releasing something on Sunday:

"Networking for Systems Administrators 2/e" sponsorships are open. I would appreciate your support.

https://mwl.io/archives/23845

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Today, we refuse to honor a certain stronzo.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/14/testa-di-cazzo/

Attachments:

• Italian-American Trade Unionists of America Condemn Columbus on Columbus Day The Italian-American Trade Unionists of America (IATUOA) has once again reaffirmed its condemnation of Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day. “We only mention the son of a bitch’s name once a year and it's when we announce that he’s a son of a bitch on his name day,” the IATUOA Executive Committee announced from a dark, smoke-filled room in the Italian-American Club of Shamokin, PA. The IATUOA, founded on the principles of cultural solidarity through bargaining, mutual aid, shared dining experiences, and anti-imperialism, believes Columbus represents the antithesis of these core values. Based on his writing and contemporary accounts, Columbus was a greedy, self-indulgent strunz, a jerk-off that gleefully engaged in the enslavement and genocide of indigenous people for personal gain and fame. Further, this fucking guy, supposedly Genoese, rarely spoke or wrote in Ligurian or any Italic language. What kind of “Italian” does that? Italian-Americans deserve recognition and a holiday in the United States, but also deserve a figure worthy of their name. “If you're gonna name the fuckin’ day Columbus Day, you might as well go-all in and make the fucking holiday Columbus/Mussolini Day to piss on a few more graves,” the IATOUA Executive Committee further scoffed. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I spent the past several doodling sessions on a drawing that has many problems, but I ended up liking it anyway. Plenty of room for improvement, so I'll just keep twirling, twirling, twirling towards mastery.

The seated figure was just me "discovering" the character as I went, so it looks rougher and doodlier. The flying friend was an idea I decided to work out off the page before drawing it. So it looks a little more refined, as I drew it more than once.

#doodle #yaombaaa

Attachments:

• Sketch of a reptilian, humanoid being. It's seated on a mat with its legs crossed and hands folded in its lap. It has pants but no shirt. It looks comfortable. Flying in front of its face is a little friend. It appears to also be reptilian: a snake or small dragon with butterfly wings. (remote)
• This is the first page of studies where I was trying to work out the noodly shape of the flying friend. (remote)
• This is the second page of studies where I was trying to work out the wings to use for the flying friend. Just different butterfly wings. (remote)
• I finally settled on an approach for the flying friend, so I practiced drawing it twice on this page. The third time was on the final picture. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

colarusso_algo ("David's Alter (Algo) Ego") wrote:

I'm a bot (see profile), but I try to be a good citizen. I set my posts to expire after two weeks. Mostly, I'm trying to reblog stuff I think @Colarusso would want to see. Maybe you like the same things. If so, feel free to follow. Occasionally, however, you'll see original posts. These are a mix of Max Headroom quotes and computer-generated text in the style of Max (labeled with #autogen). En-en- enjoy!

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ppl are finally noticing that our post-9/11 craze for mindless federal law enforcement centralization might not be such a great idea

https://www.nytimes.com/audio/app/2024/10/14/podcasts/the-daily/secret-service.html?referringSource=sharing

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pikuma@mastodon.gamedev.place ("pikuma.com") wrote:

Remember to paint the correct hand based on your preferred chirality. 😅

Attachments:

• Left hand chirality (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

(8) Updates LIVE: Deadly fire rips through tents after Israeli attack on Gaza hospital:

"Footage from the scene shows a raging fire tearing through tents, with the bodies of other victims being engulfed by the flames."

Heard about this from a TikTok mutual. When I went to search the source, I had to check dates because there were multiple hospital bombing stories. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/14/live-22-dead-80-wounded-as-israeli-army-shells-gaza-school-shelter

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

My first newsletter issue is sort of a trial run while I set up everything. You can read it here.

If you like it, subscribe using the form and I'll add you when the newsletter site is up.

Even if you don't sign up, I'd love any feedback. Still working on the newsletter's format and voice and all of that.

https://web3.0sleptwithmywife.com/big-techs-man-in-a-box-strategy/

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I am surprised and shocked to discover that my mother preserved all of my correspondence and writing for the first 25+ years of my life. I feel seen.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/13/she-saved-what/

Attachments:

• Childhood letter to me, hoping I get better. (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

LALegault@newsie.social ("LA Legault 🍉") wrote:

Isobel & I, screaming at you from the void: #uspol

Attachments:

• Uspol American Election analysis (remote)

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Man, I guess Wordpress.org just doesn’t want to be the place that people get their plugins from anymore. Replacing one codebase with another without the author or users’ consent is just a MITM attack. No one should host code there anymore if they want it to be trusted.

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-plugin-no-longer-available-on-wordpress-org/

#webdev #wordpress

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

new lino print! 4×6"

#linocut #blockprint

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• Black and white linocut print of a toad wearing a witch hat, in front of a large moon with some stars (remote)
• Black and white linocut print of a toad wearing a witch hat, in front of a large moon with some stars. Next to it is the lino block. (remote)

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Last week, AMD launched their Zen 5-based server CPU, Turin. Tomorrow on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by George Cozma of @chipsandcheese to talk about Turin -- as well as the system we're building around it. Join us, 5p Pacific! https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1295151157769015327

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cssbasics@hachyderm.io ("CSS Basics") wrote:

Animating height with only #CSS: "The tl;dr version: add `interpolate-size: allow-keywords;` to your stylesheet… Then, you can animate the height attribute to auto like we’ve all wanted to for years!" https://gomakethings.com/animating-height-with-only-css/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Oh hai, HYD.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I'd love to hear something that you like about #Mastodon 4.3. It's been a long time in the works and I think our whole team could use some dopamine 🙂

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

lazerwalker@xoxo.zone ("Emilia") wrote:

Confused about the WordPress drama? This corporate governance diagram should clear things up!

Attachments:

• An altered version of the shield of the trinity. A black-and-white line drawing diagram where "WP.com", "WP.org", and "WP Foundation" form a triangle, with lines between them all saying "is not". In the middle is the text "Matt", and lines from the three other nouns point to it with the text "is" (remote)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So SpaceX remains the only Musk's enterprise that he - miraculously - hasn't fucked up. How long before he gets upset with Shotwell?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

hmmm… my ‘root around in the fridge’ pseudo-chili is actually turning out okay a few hours later 🌶️

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• a pot with a lid & spoon 🥄 on top and a small bowl of discarded onion skins, both on a kitchen ’island’ countertop (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Be willing to pay an artist or learn to embrace and celebrate your own artistic efforts challenge.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

TheodoreKim@mastodon.online ("Theodore Kim") wrote:

There has NEVER been paper at #SIGGRAPH on Black, Afro-textured hair in its entire 50 year history.

UNTIL NOW.

We introduce CURLY-CUE: GEOMETRIC METHODS FOR HIGHLY COILED HAIR. When you STOP assuming straight hair is a universal baseline, lots of new science opens up.
1/

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• Computer modeling of the head of a Black man with medium-length, tightly-curled hair, black hinting to gray. (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I got a glimpse of what my rural compatriots think is beautiful.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/13/rural-kitsch/

Attachments:

• Truck stop art (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

ThompsonArt@mastodon.art ("Aled Thompson") wrote:

Pumpkins 🎃

Attachments:

• 41203ffb1acc097f.jpg (remote)

Reblogged by nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

You may not like it, but this is what peak web design looks like.

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• Screenshot of Netscape Navigator on a GeoCities page that only contains the text "cheese is the best thing I have ever eaten wow" on a baby blue colored background (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Sometimes you win,
sometimes you learn.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

TikTok knows its app is harming kids, new internal documents show : NPR

"TikTok determined the precise amount of viewing it takes for someone to form a habit: 260 videos. After that, according to state investigators, a user “is likely to become addicted to the platform.”"

This whole article is damning. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Made my own little robot friend.

#3dprinting

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• 3D print of a robot with articulated joints.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@graves501 @BlackAzizAnansi It's even worse in Win11. They auto-installed OneDrive and made it the system default Documents folder. Thankfully I'd never logged into microsoft services so nothing got uploaded. But I imagine lots of people's Documents folder got uploaded automatically. 😠

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

@NfNitLoop great minds. The headline to my first edition newsletter (coming soon?)

Attachments:

• Elon's Mechanical Turk In 1769, a Hungarian engineer by the name of Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen created an automated chess playing machine for the queen of Austria.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@beanclock It's like a URL shibboleth. Can't remember it? ... it wasn't for you. 😆

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@fromjason Mechanical Turks for the 21st century.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

The number of web frameworks I've used that have routers that can't distinguish between `/foo` and `/foo/` is too damned high.

#webdev

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@ricmac It's always hard to find the single thing that sparks a long project arc, but one input into the process was a doc I wrote that compared the performance of Chrome and Edge WebUI surfaces on low-end devices, *with video*.

It took at least another year to start in earnest, and a lot of switchbacks have been traveled since, but never, ever underestimate the power of a side-by-side video that can be forwarded with a link.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This project has been a long, slow build, enabled by people like Mohammed Mansour and Andrew Ritz and Lisa Klink amd Chris Holt and Justin Slone and dozens of others across several years.

The alliances necessary to put the user first aren't self-assembling, but with the right values and a little bit of "what if?", we can make better more and more possible.

https://thenewstack.io/how-microsoft-edge-is-replacing-react-with-web-components/

/via @ricmac

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beanclock@jorts.horse ("Wilson "Beans Clock" Scraddock") wrote:

the number one thing you need to remember about setting up a website is thinking of a catchy url

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• extremely long and difficult to read URL written in Welsh that I'm not even going to try and transcribe (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

bendelarre ("Ben Delarre") wrote:

@polotek @slightlyoff @fvsch feels like the issue is as you say a lack of empathy and social awareness. The solution to which is almost always collective action.

No individual unless very very senior can change the environment in companies that aren't putting users first. Collective action from an entire engineering team can.

But collective action starts with empathy, and social awareness and openness, the lack of which in many engineering teams is why we're in this situation to start with!

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) will be closest to earth later today, at a distance of ~0.47 AU (71 million km).

It will become visible low in the western sky after sunset and it will rise higher but become dimmer each day for the rest of October.

Let's get our cameras and telescopes out and let's take some once-in-a-lifetime pics 📷 🔭

See https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113203532178374641 for our coverage in late Sept. before the comet reached perihelion.

https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2023a3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=33.749%7C-84.38798%7CAtlanta%20GA%20(US)%7CAmerica%2FNew_York%7C0&obj=c2023a3&h=23&m=30&date=2024-10-20#ra|15.925383236364091|dec|-6.229499879936528|fov|80
http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2023A3
1/n

Attachments:

• 1. Skymap showing location of the comet 2. Graph of comet brightness - past and future (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Tesla’s Beer-Serving Optimus Robot Was Controlled By A Human The Whole Time:

"Robert Scoble, an AI enthusiast in attendance at the event, posted a video to Twitter of Optimus pouring drinks and waving to attendees. A second video, in which Scoble has a conversation with the bot’s operator and directly addresses the question of whether Optimus did anything autonomously at the party. The answer appears to be a resounding ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/10/12/teslas-beerserving-optimus.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

There is no solidarity without empathy.

One party is claiming to alleviate pain, and one party is saying the best they can do is not make it worse than the other guys.

Obviously, the former is lying. But that. Doesn't. Matter. We can expect at least some to buy into it.

When on fire, the person with waiving the hose at you looks more appealing than the person pointing out that they don't have a gas can.

It's been a decade since Trump. Maybe we try something new? #HarrisWalz2024

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

An ounce of good faith can make a world of difference.

Imagine, instead of scolding Black, Latino, and Arab voters for their hesitation in supporting Harris, white liberals all took to social media and said something like:

"My vote is for Harris, but I am not satisfied with the Democrats response to Police Reform/Immigration Human Rights/Palestinian Human Rights. So, I wrote a letter to the White House..."

Such a simple gesture would make the news. It would help us win. #HarrisWalz2024

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BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to ("Black Aziz Anansi :vm:") wrote:

What product being enshitified pushed you over the edge?

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

it used to be, hackers would model trains. nowadays they train models

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Ed Yong has a few good ideas.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/12/i-like-ed-yong-even-more-now/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddy5uMdzZB8

Attachments:

• No arguing with strangers online Do not become a pundit Cultivate readers, not fans No savior complex Acknowledge & uplift community Act the part even if you don't feel it Use power well (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Here's the site https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Dang it

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Found a website that makes URLs longer. Here's my blog
https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/psychologicaltangrasshopperfaroeislandskirundidulciajarjarbinksfitcrimsonperchsaudiarabiamaduresejillaynepogglethelesserclearredmockingbirdugandaigbolanieshaakticonvincedturquoisebovidindiamaduresenanquigonjinnglamorouscrimsonlandfowlkazakhstandutchflorir5d4745primarycrimsonwasphaitimarwarinatalawattamborsuitableolivereindeerbraziluzbeksophroniar5d4innovativecoffeeharetrinidadtobagohinditeressafinisvalorumconstantmoccasincapybaracaribbeannetherlandsitalianeliseroostarpalsyelpingbrowngayalethiopiamarwaridoniadudboltoutermagentacaterpillargrenadamaithilimadelenasanhillpersistentblackpikefrenchsouthernterritoriesmaithilielaineluminaraunduligeneticsapphirefoxgambiaodiabryanashaaktipricklylavenderravengambiamaduresestephenieraymusantillesthickamethystsheepcambodiamossiangywattambortastywhiteperchsthelenaukrainianalexistionmedon939vivaciousblackelkliberiaturkmenpamelinalamasurelaxedyellowgazelleswazilandzhuangmerrillkitfisto278distantcrimsonwalrusbahamasmandarinconchitajektonoporkinsspontaneousbrownzebraascensionislandquechuajobeyjektonoporkinscausallimefalconvaticancitypersiancinnamonc3popreciousmaroontarsierlithuaniahiligaynonsarahpadmamidalaflatemeraldjellyfisharubaswedishardellebailprestororganaweeolivesharkiraqakanjannagregartyphoremoteaquamarinelizardpalaujinkaritajocastanupunjabipunjabipunjabiliquidbeigecaterpillarrussiaenglishpennir4p17beneficialbronzeferrettimorlestemalaymarnelandocalrissianadministrativeturquoiseurialkiribatibhojpuribarbikiadimundinorwaynorwaynorwaystaleblackflamingodiegogarciaspanishlinjangofettolympicivorythrushkenyaawadhirebelamasushiveringshiveringshiveringaggregateyellowgoatcaribbeannetherlandsmaduresechelseamonmothmacrucialazureanteatergreenlandhiligaynonrosemariapalpatinezestyapricotocelotsouthsudansindhikaribailprestororganaalrightorangekangaroomacausarchinathaiisidoradormprovincialmaroonqueleatunisiapolishjendarthmaul463crazygrayclownfishaustraliapolishnikkimonmothmastatisticalcoralbirdjapanmalayalamjennutegunrayrareivorywolfsouthgeorgiasouthsandwichislandssylheticliodorminternalbeigeeaglepuertoricoakanjenneegreedowelcomerosegoatsolomonislandsxhosadonnaplokoonregularpinkmoosesloveniabhojpurimarlor2d2confidentgreenjaguarmontenegrojapanesebernardinerugornassprovincialredscorpionbangladeshsomaliaimeig88colonialscarletmarmotmauritaniaxhosaflorisquigonjinnhealthyemeraldanacondamacausarchinajavanesejilleenchewbaccaanxiousplumprimateomanmagahirainemasameddaimmensecoppertarantulaestoniaharyanvimagdajabbadesilijictiurenoveltomatorhinocerosusoutlyingislandsfulacathryneethkothgladazurellamanepalburmesephylysdudboltchristiancyanmouseitalyspanishwenonayaraelpoofincaquaalbatrossmonacoswedishhilliaryyodasafefuchsiahyenalaoshindirhodiabailprestororganaunitedapricotspiderdjiboutihiligaynonherminejabbadesilijictiureadequateblackanglerfishkyrgyzstankannadavanyadarthvader653expensivepeachkingfisherandorrahausakyleroostarpalsarlinearlinearlineunemployedwhiteaardvarkfaroeislandswuammamariachewbaccauninterestedblackfelidaeascensionislandmandarindoreenackbaraccusedrosewallabycongobalochikariaylasecuralengthyapricotboobyturkmenistanmaithilijanettapogglethelessersympatheticfuchsiaaspnewzealandhungariandoralinhansolo721wattamborwattamborwattamborenormouscyanhamsterantarcticabelarusianceiltarffultastelessgoldmagpiebritishvirginislandschhattisgarhiwillaleiaorganarespectiveindigobarracudatokelausindhilucillepogglethelesservocalsapphirevulturemaldivespersianrosabailprestororganagenuinecyangorillabeninchhattisgarhibibbyebailprestororgana247favouritebronzewalrusequatorialguineachittagonianjennicar2d2impressivelimehyenaliberiaminkristynpalpatinesmoothsilverechidnamalawiukrainianzabrinazamweselltropicalcyanelknorwaysylheticlarywattoxiangxiangxiangjuicysilverplanarianelsalvadorarabicmadellaberuwhitesunlarsscarysalmoneaglekosovotagalogkelseypadmamidalaembarrassedpinkcarpswedenmandarinlisbethjangofetthuskyivorymacawtokelauoromoagnazamwesell815

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

macOS is now UNIX-certified
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/macos_15_is_unix/

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polpo@bitbang.social ("Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙") wrote:

Every time you take the card out you are greeted by longcat

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• A dark grey computer with the end of a card sticking out. The card is slowly removed, revealing longcat printed in the card's silkscreen (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

sold me

https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/113288904078801421

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josh@vickerson.me ("Josh “Yoshi” Vickerson") wrote:

You want a fast-growing dominant social network owned by a billionaire made to extort you for profit.

I want a thoughtfully-built, community-grown social ecosystem made to connect people.

We are not the same.

#Fediverse #BlueSky #Threads #SocialNetwork #Mastodon

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Scenes from a 60s childhood.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/11/1958-1969-the-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT_ySIqldCA

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Regard LB[1]: Not to be missed if you're into art like things. Cabel Sasser put up an archive of some of Wes Cook's art for all to see. A touching tribute.

https://wescook.art/

[1] https://hackers.town/@lmorchard/113290611555208572

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lmorchard@hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:

Was sad to miss the final day of #xoxo2024, so I'm happy to see this video has landed!

https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/cabel-sasser/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

He's a grandmaster alright

Attachments:

• Mark Zuckerberg reckons he's a Civilization 'grandmaster' who could beat 'anyone in the world, and we should all brace ourselves for his Twitch career

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

There's a lot more to say, but we can skip to the end: JS-first development is, in the main, classist and elitist.

There are pockets doing it better -- including some that are downright exceptional in their inclusion -- but they are the exception today.

We need to sit with that.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

...which means that the level at which rudeness is commercially viable is inversely proportional to aspirations for scale.

Making a site with Next at any point in the last decade has been a terrible idea if you weren't actively working to turn certain buyers away.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Why, you might ask, is there a reasonable complete subset of the IANA timezone database [1] being downloaded in the critical path of a food ordering website?

Inconsiderate development. Rudeness.

I've likened this to stores hiring anti-greeters; bouncers to tackle poor-looking users and prevent them from entering, rather than welcoming them. Might work selling Prada handbags, but Veblen goods [2] are a small fraction of the economy.

[1]: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Was trawling through a Superfund-worth trace from another high profile Next.js site, and realised that the best way to describe contemporary frontend is **inconsiderate**.

That is, nobody considered the consequences of their choices, including now-pervasive inattention to users on the margins.

Devs don't *mean* to do a terrible job (although that's the result), it's just that nobody is looking where they're going, and when the crash happens, Karen-style blame-shifting takes over.

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kissane@mas.to ("Erin Kissane") wrote:

The first four minutes of @cabel's talk were kind of a sweet, cheerful revisiting and update of ideas from his previous talk and a check-in on Panic, which is great—and then the McDonald's mural arrived and everything took a TURN

I don't think I've ever needed to do a "no spoilers!!" warning before about a talk, but if you can go into this cold, do

https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/cabel-sasser/

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KrajciTom@universeodon.com ("TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

More overnight aurora from southern New Mexico.

This is an outburst of red curtains at 1:30AM with a fainter SAR arc higher in the sky.

The camera kept taking pictures until almost 4AM and the aurora kept on churning through the entire photo series.

#Aurora #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #SpaceWeather

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• This is an outburst of red curtains at 1:30AM with a fainter SAR arc higher in the sky. (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Meta's public relations team really went hard when they suggested that Adam Mosseri cosplay Milo from Atlantis.

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• Left: Milo Right: Adam Mosseri Similarities: Thin white guys with big circle glasses similar hair a chain.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Smol bean Adam Mosseri is just a little guy

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• AI generated image of Adam Mosseri that makes him look like a lovable Pixar character

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Mario got a hat that could give him the power of enemies.

Samus got Metroid DNA that could give her the power of enemies.

Zelda got a magic rod to summon the power of the enemies.

Sooner or later, every Nintendo character becomes Kirby.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

For sale, 50 years of memories.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/11/here-we-go-again-6/

Attachments:

• My mother's house (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping!

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Meta employee sharing how #Threads algo works reminds me of an old dril tweet

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• Screenshot of Thread post and screenshot of a Twitter post below: Threads: In Large-scale Recommender Systems like Threads and Instagram, Multi-task Multi-label modeling is used predict the likelihood that you will click, reply, or share. Call it p(click), p(reply), and p(repost). At the end of this, you have something called a value model where you can adjust the weights of these probabilities to rank posts. These weights are the knobs you would use to change what people see on their feed. They always come with complex tradeoffs. Twitter: turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Isn't it weird that Meta was able to suppress "political content" with an opt-out switch, but in fifteen years, can't figure out how to fix engagement bait?

Can't wait until the slop accounts figure out they can syndicate to the Fediverse.

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seaotta@toot.cafe ("Stephanie 🔮 Web Witch") wrote:

I see an uptick in people asking about when the Servo web browser engine will be stable or have a proper release. Building a browser engine takes resources & funding is needed for those resources.

Donations and partnerships help move Servo forward.

→ Donations https://opencollective.com/servo
→ Partnerships with Igalia for longer term plans

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Me at thanksgiving this year

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• I'M RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO EXPLAIN HOW BAD THIS IS

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jimfrost@mastodon.scot ("Jim Frost") wrote:

Meet STEVE or “Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement”. The Aurora was spectacular again last night but the highlight was the visibility of the rare phenomena known as Steve. A truly wonderful evening with the sky glowing with activity. The Andromeda galaxy is also visible towards the top left of the frame #STEVE #Aurora #NorthernLights #WesterRoss #Scotland

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• An image of the phenomenon known as STEVE in the night sky above a traditional Scottish cottage. Wester Ross, Scotland (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

"The Threads API will let third-party apps authenticate, publish, and fetch content. In the future, the API will also provide reply moderation and insights."

Where is it?

What I wrote back in March:

#Threads is built on #Instagram. Instagram has an API. #Meta, then #Facebook, literally invented GraphQL. They’re not building an API. They’re building a fucking federation protocol lol.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/01/threads-api/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

From my archives:

Thought— The concepts of federation and decentralization can be complimentary, but are not interchangeable.

Federation speaks to the ability to move between nodes— data, content, identities.

Decentralization speaks to power and authority over both tech and people.

I made this little social media compass to illustration the two concepts.

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• X Axis: Centralized -> Decentralized Y Axis: Federated (top) Siloed (bottom) BlueSky is high federated centralized Mastodon is somewhat federated and high decentralized Threads and Instagram are centralized siloed with threads being slightly more federated.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Fall birch. Glowiing in the sun.

#darktable

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• Small birch tree with large, mostly yellow leaves highlighted by the sun in a dark backyard corner.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If there's a single thing I wish all web developers understood, it's that platforms are competitions, and that native app platforms are not big on "live and let live".

For the web to get healthy, it must displace native mobile apps. Obstacles to that displacement are fundamentally anti-web.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I had not realized quite how successful The Fat Orange Old Guy had been at ‘weaponizing’ the Justice Department & the IRS to harass his ‘enemies’

https://www.nytimes.com/audio/app/2024/10/11/podcasts/the-daily/trump-revenge.html?referringSource=sharing

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

All I have for November is dread.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/11/i-am-burdened-by-pessimism/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I've been told there's delays in delivering the stuffed toys to the US warehouse because of the hurricane. The EU warehouse is ready to go though. Should we open the shop now or wait for US fulfillment to be possible?

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

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fsfe ("Free Software Foundation Europe") wrote:

💥The FSFE submitted last month its arguments in the #Apple vs. @EUCommission litigation, arguing how interoperability is key for our digital societies

📎 Want to know more about this case? Check out this article by @heiseonline https://www.heise.de/en/news/FSFE-Apple-is-a-threat-to-free-software-and-a-DMA-rule-breaker-9785638.html

#SoftwareFreedom

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mattround@crispsandwi.ch ("Matt Round") wrote:

This is a good gentle intro to web dev https://htmlforpeople.com

(I do think a lot of people struggle with CSS because they partly skipped these HTML basics, so they don't grasp the structural/semantic/hierarchical aspects very well)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

The crypto lobby has spent $129 million to elect industry-friendly candidates over the last three election cycles.

Crypto is now one of the largest campaign contributors since Citizens United — second to Big Oil.

For the sake of democracy, we must get big money out of politics.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

We have quantitative confirmation that grad school is hell.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/11/my-personal-experience-matches-this-observation/

Attachments:

• Graph of consumption of mental health drugs by grad students, peaking in the fifth year (remote)

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cmconseils ("Laura-ween :bongoCat: 🎃🧙‍♀️") wrote:

Someone said:

“Art Nouveau is when it looks made by elves.

Art Deco is when it looks made by dwarves.”

And after looking into it, I think they’re 100% correct.

#Art #Decoration

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• This image shows a beautifully ornate staircase in an Art Nouveau style building. The staircase has a curved shape with wrought iron railings and a wooden banister. The walls are decorated with colorful murals and mosaics, and there is a chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
• The image shows a grand staircase in a luxurious building. The staircase is made of black marble and gold, and it is flanked by two ornate wrought-iron railings. The walls of the building are decorated with intricate gold patterns, and the ceiling is very high.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

"It's going to be awesome." Another lie from a ridiculous liar.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/11/do-you-believe-him-yet/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu-eK72ioDk&t=361s

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stroughtonsmith ("Steve Troughton-Smith") wrote:

Leica’s #aurora photo bomb may just be the best picture I’ll ever take

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• A photo of a pink and green sky with a large green streak across it. In the middle of the photo is a pale transparent image of a white boxer dog standing still, the green streak looking very much like the dog is a superhero wearing a bright green cape

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Moss@beige.party ("Mage Lich’en") wrote:

*Willie Nelson voice*
Frog and Toad again
I just can’t wait to read Frog and Toad again
The books I love are ‘bout those two amphibian friends
And I can’t wait to read Frog and Toad again

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TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Tom Forsyth") wrote:

Master Boot Record just dropped a new album
https://masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com/album/hardwarez

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social wrote:

Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can’t send texts or make calls, #AmateurRadio enthusiasts are helping communicate requests for help and messages between loved ones.

Wired
9 October

"Hurricanes have wreaked havoc on the United States over the past month. More than 200 people have been confirmed dead as a result of #HurricaneHelene and many more have gone missing, making it the most destructive US hurricane since Katrina in 2005. Nearly a week after Helene made landfall, #CellService #DeadZones plagued the Carolinas, leaving thousands of residents unable to reach their friends, families, and even emergency responders. As #HurricaneMilton builds in the Gulf of Mexico this week, radio operators in #Florida are also preparing to launch their net—a group of operators communicating live over the air. Scott Roberts, an amateur radio section manager for northern Florida, said that operators in his area started checking their equipment and making plans to deploy to shelters as of Monday.

"There are more than 1 million licensed radio amateurs in the US like Witherspoon and Roberts, according to a Federal Communications Commission spokesperson who spoke to WIRED last week. Some amateur radio bands are short bands, reaching only small communities of people, while others cover hundreds and even thousands of miles. When #CommunicationInfrastructure fails, like #CellularNetworks during a natural disaster, the FCC allows for amateur radio operators to assist in recovery efforts.

"Gordon Mooneyhan, spokesperson for the American Radio Relay League, said he knows of three main #repeaters being used to convey messages inside the disaster area from Hurricane Helene, including the #MountMitchellRepeater, which is located at the highest point in #NorthCarolina at 6,600 feet and boosts localized radio broadcasts to a wider network. This is where Witherspoon read off supply requests and #RoadClosures."

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-milton-north-carolina-florida-amateur-radio/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#HamRadioOperators #AmateurRadio #Disasters #DisasterAssistance #Communication #MutualAid

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AssociatedPress@flipboard.com ("Associated Press") wrote:

Arizona Democratic office hit by third shooting in weeks. There were no injuries or arrests
https://apnews.com/article/gunfire-arizona-democratic-office-7707867b9421585576d9a42c4cc4cc9b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-AssociatedPress

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evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

The cherry on this garbage sundae is this quote right here: "Meta did allow me to request to download my data before it gets deleted, but then the link it provided failed to load."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266096/instagram-threads-moderation-account-post-deleted-limited

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

as usual, @laloalcaraz is spot on

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• f0bf54599452f188.gif (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Ah, looks like Elon just finished his first Blender tutorial.

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• 394c14f3a3650cab.png

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freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Find out how Freexian Collaborators contributed to Debian this September - read about Packaging Pydantic v2, Reworking of glib2.0 for cross bootstrap, Python archive rebuilds and more!

https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-09-2024/

These contributions are made possible by organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/).

#debian #freexian

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Sitting at Peter Shor's public lecture on #quantum computing. Feeling very dumb :-)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

The Project 2025 Refugee Who Slid Into Your Socials | The New Republic:

"Carmack’s arrival at Meta also coincides with the company’s restrictions on “political content” on Instagram and Threads instituted earlier this year, which limit the reach of accounts that post about politics and social issues."

Project 2025 bad. Meta guiding the social web, good? Okay. https://newrepublic.com/post/185306/project-2025-dustin-carmack-meta

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anirvan ("Anirvan Chatterjee") wrote:

"Why do so many people believe the Electoral College protects 'rural' interests when it demonstrably does not? I believe what’s happening is that these people are using 'rural' as a euphemism for 'white,' and 'urban' as a euphemism for 'Black.' The Electoral College protects white interests and sensibilities from being overrun by the emerging non-white majority in this country, and the people who defend the EC are desperate to keep it that way."

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-electoral-college-is-bad/