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jwz wrote:

Snail Heist.

€90,000 of snails. 450 kilos of snail meat. He said he had lost his entire annual production in the theft between Sunday night and Monday morning. "They cut the wire fence, broke open the door with a pickaxe, smashed the motion sensor...
https://jwz.org/b/ykx6

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

okay, this stuff is pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/user/EleanorMortonable/videos

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neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:

# Loving masculinity when men are in crisis

By @onqueerstreet

https://www.genderbent.co.uk/loving-masculinity-when-men-are-in-crisis/

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neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:

# Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days - Let's Encrypt

The new DNS-based mechanism looks interesting. I've not yet got to the point of running my own authoritative DNS (although I should), and this might be a nice alternative.

https://letsencrypt.org/2025/12/02/from-90-to-45#making-automation-easier-with-a-new-dns-challenge-type

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jukkan@loops.video ("Jukka Niiranen") wrote:

Guess the software company. (Whatever you answered, yes - that one!)

Video by Eleanor Morton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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• video: 7d64e34ed70a62a4.mp4

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
gavi@bagel.ing wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

Either the White House doc is a lying sack of shit, or taxpayers have been pissing away money for decades.

We do MRIs of the abdomen to look for specific cancers, or evaluate the common bile duct, but it is not a routine study, and certainly not a normal part of a yearly physical at any age.

We use MRI to image the heart to work up cardiomyopathy — failing heart muscle —, but otherwise it is not a typical way to look at the heart. It is never routine.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sia@front-end.social ("Sia Karamalegos") wrote:

Hey folks, tomorrow myself and a bunch of other web perf experts are going to be talking about all things Core Web Vitals! Come join us live Dec 3 at 11am Eastern!

#webperf

cc @henrihelvetica

https://www.youtube.com/live/dQqqOYAaDiw

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

@baldur Anybody whose actions make you think "the Copyright Mafia might have a point..." is playing with fire.

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Starting to think “I’m going to consume all of the media you love and replace it with indistinct but incredibly expensive garbage while artists and writers starve” might not be the great strategy for winning the hearts and minds of the public that the tech industry thinks it is

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

Today in History: Montreux Casino burns down during Frank Zappa concert, 1971

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

Today in History: First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967

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

Today in History: First neon light display, Paris, 1910

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sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

"Even Carrington would be impressed" 😬

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025

Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"

jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver 6.13 is out now, including iOS (soon) and Android. Not a lot new in this one, but it has been a while since I synchronized all 3 platforms, so here we are. GL Slideshow does a bunch of fancier transitions when loading new images, inspired...
https://jwz.org/b/ykx4

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

"Anything signed by Biden with an autopen is legally invalid" has a lot of the same energy as the "sovereign citizens" who claim they don't have to pay taxes because the IRS has the wrong kind of flag flying outside its building.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
whitequark ("✧✦Catherine✦✧") wrote:

check out how quickly #GitPages (and #Grebedoc) can check out a giant git repository without any changes!

if supported by the server, it retrieves only a single tree from git (no other branches, no tags, no history, no file contents), backfills it from the existing site contents, and then pulls in any missing files from the git server on-demand

this lets you publish very large repositories as static sites without straining network and compute (for compression, etc) resources!

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/115653027798464443

Here’s a nice challenge for 2026.

1. Print one of these.
2. Fold it in half a couple of times and keep it with you.
3. Each day, jot down one thing that made you feel joy (or something for which you feel grateful).

At the end of the year, you’ll have something truly special. :prami_hearts:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

Aftyn ahead in Montgomery County (clarksville) early is noteworthy She needs to do well there and Very well in Davidson

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chaotic_evil@jorts.horse ("Florist vs the Anthropocene") wrote:

if you introduce a waffle iron in your story, there better be waffles by the end

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

Weather: ☁️ Overcast, +31°F, 78%, ↓10mph, 1013hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 20:15:50-0500 | Dawn: 06:52:35 | Sunrise: 07:25:12
Zenith: 12:00:09 | Sunset: 16:35:26 | Dusk: 17:08:03
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

First #TN7 results to hit come in from cherry-red Stewart & Wayne counties (For reference Wayne has been 95% trump in the past)

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

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jilleduffy wrote:

A repeating marketing trend in tech: "We are simplifying your life by putting everything in one place!"

My dear, the COMPUTER is already my one place

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silverspookgames@wandering.shop ("Silver Spook Games") wrote:

No AI music, 'Guaranteed Human' promises from mass media corps? Yep, the AI bubble is popping. #NoAI #Supporthumanart

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mcc wrote:

So with Cohost shutting down in about 24 hours, a note to every remaining social media site: You should totally rip off the "Following" pane.

Cohost had a view where (as alternative to the normal linear feed), it showed everyone you follow, sorted by last post, and you could click to see recent posts. A problem with social media is the more you post, the more space you take up. Cohost "Following" made everyone take up the same amount of space, while still prioritizing recency. A nice compromise

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

That's a peak 2025 product

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

https://patreon.com/dnalounge

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• gifv: 41cc199748aa1100.mp4

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robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

Yippee ki yay, Christmas lover

∞ https://rknight.me/notes/202412010803/