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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Wow, an authoritarian leader dedicated to corruption and destroying democratic norms funding an organization dedicated to corruption and destroying democratic norms, who would've thought such a thing was possible

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hungary-leader-reveals-victor-orb-151540991.html

Boosted by jwz:
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

one has to wonder whether eventually, if Altman or some other guy like him gets popped, they're all just going to say "ok ok fine! the skynet stuff was all bullshit! we played it up to make our products sound cooler! please don't kill any more of us."

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Alternately, "Ionos" or "Dynadot"?

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

How do folks feel about "Regery" as a registrar? I've been pretty happy moving from Gandi (due to extortionate pricing) to Porkbun, but unfortunately I have some annoying TLDs that are not broadly supported and this seems like this is by far the cheapest. But it bugs me that I've never heard of them.

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

okay, the wind seems to have tangled that endfed up in a tree... about mid-way down the wire, there is a big bend now. this suxs.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Do not trust any messages claiming to be from the Mastodon Security Team. If the Mastodon Security Team wants you, they will come through your door guns blazing

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

time to fire up the rah-dee-oh and shout over the waves to my friends

(translation: tuning up for our usual weekly local voice net on 50.250MHz USB)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
aburka@hachyderm.io ("aburka 🫣") wrote:

RE: https://sunny.garden/@Her%5FDoing/116402880933274008

Fascinating, I am a space nerd and didn't know any of this

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
justinmikulka.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Justin Mikulka") wrote:

"In power, solar plus storage now costs below $60 per megawatt hour (MWh) at a global level. The variable cost of LNG-fired power in Asia, at $20 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), exceeds $160 per MWh – nearly three times the cost of never needing fuel again." Any questions?

The New Twin Fossil Shock | Em...

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

OK, heads up about reading quantum news: if you see anything by Q-CTRL, close the tab, ignore, do not consider it in any way. Do not give them attention, do not spend your time debunking or criticizing or hyping or sharing. Block the domain and walk away.

Trust me.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
cassidy@blaede.family ("Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:") wrote:

Open source peeps: I want to see good examples of “get involved” or community pages for inspiration. Show me some of your favorites! 👀

#OpenSource #community

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
russss@chaos.social ("Russ Garrett") wrote:

@slightlyoff it's just the Guardian badly reporting on NESO's summer outlook. Exposing low electricity prices to consumers is good.

https://www.neso.energy/document/380251/download

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

A very good fresh raspberry margarita: muddle five raspberries in a shaker. Add 2 oz blanco tequila, 3/4 oz agave nectar or rich simple syrup, 3/4 oz fresh lime juice, and ice. Shake. Double-strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Bring back dollar theaters.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

weird how 'tech bro' is almost an anagram of 'tech bore'

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

"Have you even CONSIDERED the productivity benefits of applying frontier models to agentic workflows," the Peace Corps guy says to a local who just keeps repeating "clean water"

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
vozercozer@vozer.cafe ("vozer :vozerBow:") wrote:

i’m fucking crying 😭 this guy installed a malware that keeps redirecting his queries through Yahoo, and vibe coded an extension that redirects Yahoo to Google, probably not understanding that he has malware 😭 😭

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

"expected to be a season of record renewable energy, and [...] could be the first summer the [UK] grid runs entirely on zero-carbon electricity"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/uk-households-power-renewables-soar

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Oh, honey. He never cared about any of them, ever. Everybody knew it but them.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/politics/republicans-2026-trump-problem

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dyckron@cosocial.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

But is that pragmatic?

Pope Leo XIV Warns: Democracy Risks Collapse Without Moral Foundations
https://www.gaudiumpress.ca/pope-leo-xiv-warns-democracy-risks-collapse-without-moral-foundations/

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

With #SmolFedi 1.2.0 it is possible to use OOB copy/paste login mode for old browsers.

compatibility with #dillo

Dillo blocks cookies by default, which prevents sessions from persisting. Allow cookies for your SmolFedi domain:

echo "yourdomain.example ACCEPT" >> ~/.dillo/cookiesrc

Replace yourdomain.example with the hostname of your SmolFedi instance. Restart Dillo after editing the file.

For instances that cannot be reached directly from the Dillo machine (e.g. when the old computer has no modern TLS support), use the copy/paste mode on the login page: check the box, copy the authorization URL shown, open it in a capable browser to get a code, then paste the code back in Dillo.

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

Look, I don't want to call UK policymakers "cowards", exactly, but the idea that this is the response, rather than creating public financing for the installation of batteries (e.g.) is *nuts*:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/uk-households-power-renewables-soar

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I've noticed this pattern on Mastodon recently:

1. See post I would like to interact with.
2. Click on post so I can see the thread before I respond.
3. See way too many responses/threads.
4. [meme: Homer Simpson backing into a shrub to hide]

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
avilewis@mstdn.ca ("Avi Lewis") wrote:

Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.

Oil companies are on track to make tens of billions in windfall profits from Trump’s illegal war in Iran.

It’s their profiteering that’s driving up prices. It’s them who should pay.

It’s time for price caps on gas to stop oil companies from price-gouging Canadians — and a windfall profits tax on war-time oil revenues, so the government can invest that money in the public interest.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-fuel-excise-tax-affordability-9.7162911

#cdnpoli #gas

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ("Emeritus Prof Christopher May") wrote:

This story of a young wheelchair user being thrown out of Manchester's Club Tropicana because her wheelchair was a safety risk (???) suggests we haven't come nearly as far as the self-satisfied political class think we have on disable rights...

If I was loving in Manchester (and in all fairness still clubbing) I'd be arranging a boycott of Club Tropicana.

This really is extraordinary in this day & age!

#disability #hospitality #Manchester

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04xx7wkg4xo

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

the brieman conjecture is false, as it turns out -- there is no brie man going from street to street selling his cheesy wares.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

spoiler feature to hide distasteful aerodynamic car addons

Boosted by jwz:
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

To nobody's surprise, they will burn all their satellites up in the atmosphere, because that's what all the cool kids do. They don't actually say their operating lifetimes anywhere. But if they're 5 years like Starlink, then that's a bit more than one satellite burned up per hour.

And will they burn up completely? Well, they say they'll use the same NASA debris model to assess that said that the SpaceX Crew Dragon trunk would burn up. So I'm not worried at all!!

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

I guess I should get back to work on that damn key management blog post after all.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
MtKanjon@meow.social ("Mt Kanjon") wrote:

wearing a costume means learning about water

https://youtube.com/shorts/XAL5QPWf0nk