First day of Trump's hush money trial kicks off with opening statements and a witness
The prosecution is arguing that Donald Trump wanted to keep information out of the public fearing that it would turn off voters in 2016. The defense argues Trump did nothing illegal.
Fortnite’s Next Big Musical Guest Is Billie Eilish
Between in-game concerts, skins based on pop stars, and the addition of a rhythm game, Fortnite has been courting musicians and music lovers for years. I have to give props to Epic for specifically adding updates that spotlight pop queens like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, which has extended to full seasons for its…
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Today's case in point: determining whether I had access to Apple News, and then cancelling the free trial I was railroaded into.
You'd think you could just find your account info *IN* the app you're trying to access and/or cancel. You'd be very wrong.
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Few things make me as explosively grumpy as trying to do something that seems like it should be extremely simple with my Apple account.
(Because it takes 15 minutes doing multiple searches and signing in at least 2–3 times across multiple apps and websites every single time.)
With close calls mounting, the FAA will require more rest for air traffic controllers
Federal regulators are increasing the amount of required rest between shifts for air traffic controllers. The changes come as two recent close calls on runways add to concerns about aviation safety.
Apple might be the streaming home of soccer’s next big tournament
Photo by Ulrik Pedersen / DeFodi Images via Getty Images
It looks like Apple’s foray into streaming soccer could be getting even more ambitious. According to a report from The New York Times, Apple is close to a deal with FIFA — the sport’s global governing body — for worldwide rights for an expanded version of the Club World Cup that will take place in the US in 2025. The Times says that the deal could be worth upward of $1 billion and that an official announcement could happen sometime this month.
If the deal goes through, it would mark Apple’s second major broadcast partnership in the sport. In 2022, the company signed a 10-year deal for streaming rights to Major League Soccer, which got a big boost a year later with Lionel Messi’s arrival in Miami. The deal with FIFA would be more notable,...
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Why did no writers stand up and scream that the Rebel Moon story is execrable shit and that no one should spend millions turning it into a movie?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/22/i-am-stumped-by-the-logistics/
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Columbia University shifts classes to remote-only after a wave of protests on campus
Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.
New Retro Shooter Mashes Duke Nukem And Half-Life Together
Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison, along with her robotic arm and famous three-barrel revolver, is back in Phantom Fury, a new FPS boomer shooter adventure set after the events of 2021’s Ion Fury and its expansion.
Tales of the Shire will let you live out your cozy hobbit fantasies
Image: Weta Workshop / Private Division
One of the most famous pieces of literature in the world starts with, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,” and now, technology has advanced to the point where we can be that hobbit with our own holes in the ground. Private Division and Weta Workshop have released the first official trailer for Tales of the Shire, a cozy, hobbit life sim where players can live out the fantasy of being one of Bilbo’s halfling neighbors.
The premise of Tales of the Shire is extremely simple: make your hobbit hole the picture of comfort. Seems like there will be other activities like cooking for your neighbors, fishing, and exploring the greater world of The Shire — kinda like Stardew Valley meets The Hobbit. The trailer seemed to leak ahead of...
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breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social ("Bread and Circuses") wrote:
More like Earth Day 2024, am I right?
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #Greenwashing
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- Editorial cartoon titled: Earth Day, 2035. A man in a business suit, either a politician or a corporate CEO, poses in front of a billboard showing beautiful green trees. Photographers and news media gather around to take his picture. Everyone is smiling. But behind that billboard, we see industrial smokestacks, heaps of trash, polluted waters, and the stumps of clearcut forests. (remote)
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PsyArXivBot@botsin.space wrote:
Generating random partial correlation matrices with an application to redundant variables and bridge centrality http://osf.io/qds8r/
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BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:
I love watching righties lose their shit over stuff like this. I mean, it’s absolutely fucking glorious.
#RubyBridges
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brembs ("Björn Brembs") wrote:
Not that this is news, but it never hurts to heap on the mountain of evidence:
"The findings suggest that the number of citations alone may not be a reliable indicator of research quality."
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
JFC "[Ephraim] Hunter made it to the second floor of the home, causing [Mayor] Bass to hide in a safe area designed to protect against intruders, akin to a panic room."
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internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:
Move over Mickey...Let's give a round of applause to Tigger, who also moved into the public domain this year, thanks to his debut in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner" 📚🐯 Read, remix, and share for free! https://archive.org/details/the-house-at-pooh-corner
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
on this date in 2016 I posted:
"on the 'A' Train at 59th Street, musical cues everywhere..."
;^}
FF7 Rebirth: How To Be A Menace To Society (And Get The Pedometer Pin)
I love destroying things. The physical destruction of objects can be funny and cathartic. Thankfully, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lets me indulge my desires for destruction in a limited but fun way. While in Costa del Sol, you can hop on a “wheelie,” the game’s in-world equivalent of a Segway vehicle, and smash it into…
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Comes To EA Play Ahead Of Expected Subscription Hike
EA has been on a tear of releasing high-quality single-player titles the last few years, and perhaps no series has fared better than Respawn Entertainment’s third-person action-adventure Star Wars Jedi games. Starring Cameron Monaghan (Shameless) as a young Jedi survivor of Order 66, the series follows his character,…
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djb@cr.yp.to ("Daniel J. Bernstein") wrote:
My initial assessment of https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/601 is that (1) the "halved dimension" is actually what people normally call the "dimension" for NTRU; (2) Section 4 is understating what the usual attacks accomplish; (3) all 2024/601 exponents are above the usual exponents.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Sometimes, it is a strain to find respect for a person who spends $100,000 on a really bad truck.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/22/a-moral-concern/
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Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving price after Elon Musk said it would only get more expensive
The price of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package is trending downward. | Image: Owen Grove / The Verge
The price for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software package was supposed to get more expensive over time — but instead, it’s getting cheaper.
Tesla has discounted the $12,000 feature — that has been marketed as eventually enabling fully autonomous capabilities despite just being a Level 2 driver-assist system — to $8,000. The price cut comes ahead of Tesla’s earnings on April 23rd, in which Elon Musk is sure to face questions about the adjustment. For years, Musk has insisted that the software package would only grow in value, possibly to a price over $100,000.
In reality, the cost of FSD peaked in 2022 when it was raised to $15,000 and later fell to $12,000. Earlier this month, Tesla also reduced the price of the subscription version...
Fallout Creator Shares His Theories On The Prime Series
Amazon Prime’s Fallout series has been out in its entirety for almost two weeks. In that time, the incredible adaptation has sparked endless conversations and theory-crafting from everybody who watched it. That includes Tim Cain, best known as the creator of Fallout. Cain took to YouTube to talk about what he thought…
Taylor Swift and 'Tortured Poets' smash the Spotify album streaming record
On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department -- she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.
Are FF7 Rebirth’s Piano Mini-Game Rewards Worth It?
Like the original Final Fantasy VII, Rebirth lets you play some tunes on a piano. And as is to be expected with Rebirth, it’s a far more elaborate mini-game this time around. With pianos spread throughout the world and rewards to earn, you might be wondering whether or not it’s worth investing your time into mastering…
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
We need civilization & governments & laws, because humanity kind of sucks.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/22/mondays-are-for-disillusionment/
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Fallout TV Show Is So Popular It's Breaking Mod Sites
One of the year’s most popular shows is Amazon Prime’s Fallout, a television series based around the long-running post-apocalyptic sci-fi RPG franchise. The show is fantastic thanks to great action, great characters, and great writing, and as a result of all this greatness, the Fallout titles have seen a resurgence in…
Caitlin Clark and Fever frenzy hit the WNBA, boosting ticket prices and jersey sales
Demand is skyrocketing to see Caitlin Clark play with the Indiana Fever. Ahead of her WNBA debut, ticket sales are soaring and some teams are relocating their games to larger venues.
The Best Zelda-Like This Year Is A Twin-Stick Shooter
There is a reason why Minishoot’ Adventure has that apostrophe in its name, but it isn’t a good enough one, so we’ll rightly ignore it from now on. But this certainly isn’t a game you should ignore: despite the awful name, this is the best Zelda-like 2024 has offered so far, and it’s also somehow a bullet-hell…
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johnonolan@mastodon.xyz ("John O'Nolan") wrote:
Excited to share that Ghost is going to federate over ActivityPub and become part of the largest open publishing network in the world 🎉
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secretgeek@mastodon.cloud ("Leon Bambrick") wrote:
Google is a strangler fig, in the long term its only goal is to kill the World Wide Web.
First they help you find good content, so people visit and use and enjoy and participate in good web sites.
Then they insist on scraping every piece of value they can, and presenting it to the user such that they never have to visit the websites at all.
Then the websites die, having been choked to death by the strangler fig, and people blame the websites for dying, not the strangler who bled them dry.
How To Unlock Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide's Secret Boss
Final Fantasy 16 is a pretty casual-friendly game, despite its shift to combo-heavy action combat. So it’s come as a bit of a shock that The Rising Tide DLC has upped the difficulty quite a bit, featuring some of the most intense boss fights in the entire game. But what if I were to tell you that there’s an even…
Deadpool & Wolverine’s New Trailer Puts The Spotlight On Logan
Deadpool & Wolverine is bringing Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s iconic X-Men superhero characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe through a bunch of multiverse mumbo jumbo. But really, the most exciting thing about it is that it’s a second chance for both these actors to star as their respective characters…
Israel 'spoofs' GPS to deter attacks, but it also throws off planes, ships and apps
GPS "spoofing" sends false location signals to satellites to deter rockets and missiles. It also increases risks for planes, ships and technology that rely on the system.
Looking for new ways to appreciate nature? 2 new birding books may help
Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teaching.
Oncologists' meetings with drug reps don't help cancer patients live longer
Drug company reps commonly visit doctors to talk about new medications. A team of economists wanted to know if that helps patients live longer. They found that for cancer patients, the answer is no.
Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private internet
Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: Discord
For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives. Co-founder Jason Citron thinks the internet is headed more in that direction.
Embracer Decides To Split Up, Names New Companies Things Like 'Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends'
After a year of carnage following its unprecedented studio acquisition spree, Embracer Group going back to basics and doing what it does best: confusingly re-naming and re-arranging its portfolio. The Swedish holding company is splitting itself into three new entities. The one in charge of the Lord of the Rings IP and Tomb…
Deadpool and Wolverine whip out the big guns in latest trailer
Deadpool & Wolverine has seemed fairly lighthearted in most of the teasers Marvel has dropped so far, but the movie’s latest trailer has a promising edge to it.
Rather than focusing on Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), Deadpool & Wolverine’s new trailer is actually more about a Wolverine variant (Hugh Jackman) who somehow failed his universe’s team of X-Men before the whole thing was obliterated. It’s still wildly unclear how Wolverine and Deadpool manage to end up fighting in the ruins of the 20th Century Fox lot or which reality the movie’s Wolverine comes from.
But the trailer makes it seem like it all has something to do with Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), a powerful mutant with a complicated relationship to Charles Xavier and a penchant...
Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people
The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America.
The best smartwatches for Android
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge
Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so there’s never been a better time to consider a smartwatch.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
96% Of Hospitals Share Sensitive Visitor Data With Meta, Google, and Data Brokers | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/22/96-of-hospitals-share-sensitive-visitor-data-with-meta-google-and-data-brokers/:
> Hospitals, it should be clear, aren’t legally required to publish website privacy policies that clearly detail how and with whom they share visitor data. Again, because we’re too corrupt as a country to require and enforce such requirements.
But, but, but, TikTok.
The great conundrum of campaigning on TikTok
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images
Political strategists aren’t throwing away TikTok, even after their election candidates try to force its sale on national security grounds.
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marcelias@mas.to ("Marc Elias") wrote:
You might think that even in today’s highly polarized election environment there would be a bipartisan consensus to protect election workers from intimidation and harassment. If you thought so, you would be wrong.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
#Israel’s head of military intelligence offered to resign, the most senior official to do so after the Oct. 7 attacks. -NYT
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/22/california-solar-duck-curve-rooftop/
Holy fuck.
"In recent years in California, the duck curve has become a massive, deep canyon — and solar power is going unused."
Ya don't say. Still, #BuryTheLede tho. Headline incongruent.
#wapo #greenenergy #decarbonization #climatechange
Headline makes it sound like energy prices are negative. BS.
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RDBinns@someone.elses.computer ("Reuben Binns⁉️") wrote:
Spoons have enormous potential for humanity, but also pose risks, such as being left out on the table and dripping honey on things that shouldn't have honey dripped on them.
That is why we need to re-engineer our spoons to be aligned with human values like keeping our surfaces clean, saving excess honey, and promoting flourishing.
I'm thrilled to announce I've received $1 billion in series A funding to solve this problem at scale.
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
why the f*ck did the Israelis elect Pharaoh to power?
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petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:
#Meta says that its #Llama #AI tools are "the best #OpenSource models of their class, period."
From @kylelwiggers: "There’s only one problem: the Llama…models aren’t really “open source”… Open source implies that devs can use the models how they choose…But…Meta has imposed certain licensing restrictions…Llama models can’t be used to train other models. And app developers with over 700M monthly users must request a special license from Meta."
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/20/this-week-in-ai-when-open-source-isnt-so-open/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
baking dessert for tonight’s dinner at the home of some friends. contents? pretty much everything I try to minimize these days: sugar, wheat flour, butter…
😈
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bigjsl@aus.social ("John Lindsay") wrote:
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mjgardner@social.sdf.org ("Mark Gardner") wrote:
All this time I’ve been giving it away
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Yes well Russia has been persecuting Ukrainian AND Russian Christians: Evangelicals with ties to "The Family" met Mike Johnson and Zelenskyy ahead of Ukraine vote
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How two good friends became sworn siblings — with the revival of an ancient ritual
Thousands of years ago, there was a ceremony to bind close friends together as sworn siblings. Could the practice be resurrected today to strengthen modern friendships? Two women did just that.
Want to restore a forest? Give it back to Indigenous peoples who call it home
Doris Ríos is a Cabécar leader who has fought to reclaim Indigenous territory in Costa Rica. | Collage by Israel Vargas | Photos by Justine Calma
These women took back their land in Costa Rica, and now they plan to reforest it.
TikTok faces its biggest threat yet; Earth Day tips for sustainable living
The House passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless the China-based ByteDance sells it. These small changes will help you live more sustainably.
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Sorry for the Instagram link but this was interesting, 1970s documents of a gay student organization fighting for recognition at the University of Kentucky. Most notable to me, the leader was from Whitley County where I come from. Love hearing that.
Microsoft makes it easier to install Windows store apps from the web
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
Microsoft is starting to improve the experience of downloading Windows store apps from the web. The software giant has built what it calls an “undocked version of the [Microsoft] Store” that works like a typical executable to install apps from the Microsoft Store. It should cut down on the complexity involved in finding Windows store apps on the web and installing them.
Instead of launching the Microsoft Store and a mini window, now when you download apps from the web version of the Microsoft Store it will download a standalone installer instead. This means you don’t have to click install on the web, then allow Chrome or Edge to open the Microsoft Store, and finally hit install to actually install the app. A lightweight installer will be...
With This Week’s Abortion Case, Supreme Court Faces Grim Reality of Overturning Roe
Just weeks after the Supreme Court ended the Constitutional right to an abortion in the summer of 2022, Mylissa Farmer arrived at a hospital in Joplin, Missouri after her water broke at about 18 weeks pregnant. The doctors agreed that the fetus had no chance of survival and that she needed to end her pregnancy […]
These Floridians Rebuilt Houses in Flood Zones. Now FEMA Is Cracking Down.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When US homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. FEMA’s notorious 50 percent rule stipulates that if a home in a flood zone […]
Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly
The number of heat-related deaths in Europe increased 30% in the last 20 years. Climate change is to blame.
How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game
A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting the planet?
Gaming giant Embracer Group is splitting into three companies
Embracer Group will house major properties like the Lord of The Rings under its new Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends company. | Image: Warner Bros.
Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group announced plans on Monday to split itself into three distinct games and entertainment companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. These will be separate, publicly listed companies, according to Embracer’, which says the move will allow “each entity to better focus on their respective core strategies and offer more differentiated and distinct equity stories for existing and new shareholders.”
“This move towards three independent companies reinforces Embracer’s vision of backing entrepreneurs and creators with a long-term mindset,” says Lars Wingefors, co-founder and Embracer Group CEO, “allowing them to continue to deliver unforgettable experiences...
Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation'
With demand for jobs like HVAC technicians, electricians and wind turbine installers, enrollment is ticking up at vocational schools as four-year college costs continue to soar.
A cheap drug may slow down aging. A study will determine if it works
Studies suggest people who take metformin for diabetes may be at lower risk for cancer, heart disease and dementia. Now researchers aim to test if it prevents age-related diseases in healthy people.
'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport
The World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledges it knew of doping concerns involving 23 Chinese swimmers before the 2021 Tokyo Games but failed to alert others. Some of those swimmers later won gold medals.
Supreme Court weighs whether cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping outside
Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.
On Earth Day, Biden is launching a new site to apply for Climate Corps jobs
President Biden has been trying to get young voters excited about his 2024 reelection bid, even though polls show they're disappointed with some of his policies.
Four 'American Indicators' share their view of the U.S. economy — and their politics
The economy is a top voting issue for many Americans. Four "American Indicators," people reflecting different sectors of the economy in different parts of the country, talk about their politics.
Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack
The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the deadliest assault in Israel's history.
Knuckles Is Barely In His Paramount+ Show
I had a lot of expectations for the Knuckles live-action mini-series that, it turns out, might have been a bit too lofty. But I don’t think the expectation that the titular echidna voiced by Idris Elbawould be in a show with his name at the top was that outrageous. I’m sad to report that Knuckles is only around for a…
North Korea fires missile into ocean in its latest weapons launch, South Korea says
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North.
The Knuckles Show Isn’t The Spin-Off Its Hero Deserves
It’s a good thing Knuckles, the six-episode Paramount+ mini-series is coming out during a fever pitch of hype for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The series debuts on the streaming service on April 26, during a time when fans are dying to get back into the live-action universe off of announcements like Keanu Reeves playing the…
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Steam escaping the gutters. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #NYC
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Ecuadorians vote in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs
Ecuador's president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into official residence
Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is seriously Not A Good Sign https://www.threads.net/@davidfrenchjag/post/C6CdULUvuzw
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davidfrenchjag@threads.net ("David French") wrote:
This is both heartbreaking and infuriating. There is absolutely no excuse or justification for instilling such fear in Jewish students. The hatred and bigotry on display on American streets is evil. If you feel that Israel has gone too far after October 7, there are ample ways of making your point without causing young Jewish kids to live in fear, simply because they're Jewish.
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I am livid and scared. My daughter, a library board trustee in her city, is being targeted by the Moms for Stupidity and their minions, including Proud Boys. She is attacked in their RW rags, social media and AM radio. They film her. It's no secret where she lives, where my granddaughter lives. I admit that because it's happening to my own kid, I'm more inclined to say, get the hell out before you get hurt.
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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:
Come on. Look at this smile.
You can’t deny she’s the best Catwoman.
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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:
She is still the best Catwoman.
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KathyReid@aus.social ("Kathy Reid") wrote:
Periodic reminder that I run the Fediverse AU #Mastodon server for #Australian #NZ #research and #university organisations who don't have a home on Mastodon.
And here's a piece I wrote on why universities are reluctant to run their own Mastodon servers (recently updated with information on referrer tracking and social media platform support)
#universities #SocialMedia #HigherEd #Fediverse #FediverseAU
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ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org ("Carl T. Bergstrom") wrote:
It's amazing how aggressively Wolfram Research has hobbled or otherwise enshittified Wolfram Player over the years.
What was once quite a nice tool for creating interactive content has become difficult and frustrating at best and impossible to use at worst.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
somehow ended up going down a search engine rabbithole in a text-message thread with my daughter... moving from looking up Quadrobics to therians to 'paleotherians'...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13104751/tiktok-therian-animal-identify-meet-ups-uk-shifting.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
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Prosaic@mastodon.sdf.org ("Tyler") wrote:
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- My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out. (remote)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
If there's any doubt to whether #Meta still uses the copycat strategy to kill competitors, it just released a tool on all of its apps that OpenAI charges $20/month for.
Except, OpenAI isn't Meta's competitor. But the company that provides ChatGPT's cloud computing might be— Microsoft.
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mpesce@arvr.social ("Mark Pesce") wrote:
Instead of verifying Grok's outputs, it appeared that X users—in the service's famously joke-y spirit—decided to fuel Grok's misinformation.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
delightful misadventure... https://arvr.social/@mpesce/112312275380877462
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I can't decide which is funnier, the vaguely homo-erotic script-kiddie image or the "Product Highlight" text
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
airdropping food on civilians has been shown over and over again to be a shitty, and often deadly, way to deliver relief
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stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:
One of these is not like the others, and it’s a good question.
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
die pHp
die die dielike purple [expletive deleted] Barney
die die die PHP
just die FFS
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
damn, PHP is an insidiously invasive & overly mutated plant once some idiot has knee-jerk installed all the zillions of mutually incompatible versions of that sucker... which are apparently all required for some "cloudpanel" thingie idiots use instead of the commandline to administer Ubuntu VMs
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potus@threads.net ("President Joe Biden") wrote:
You’ve heard me say it before –
Wall Street didn’t build America.
The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class.
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AE4WX@mas.to ("AE4WX Weather Center") wrote:
@crescent_latte AE4WX as a 4-year-old.
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Tesla cuts its car prices around the world after week of turmoil for the company
The company dropped its starting prices of its Model X, Model Y and Model S by $2,000 in the U.S.
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I would like to speak with my manager.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: first Earth Day celebrated, 1970
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, aka Lenin, born Simbirsk, [sarcasm alert] the best friend of all the children, 1870