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db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

Is it Time to Regulate React?
https://dbushell.com/2025/10/23/react-regulation/

— it's time for an intervention at least!

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
erin@tired.umbreon.online ("erin 💫") wrote:

based on a recent experience

shitty ms paint comic. stick angel asks the united states postal service "hey how do i send a battery to my friend." usps website responds with a link "Read rules about mailing lithium batteries." the link bombards the angel with pages of legal language and definitions and mailing label specifications and safety datasheet requirements. the angel goes back to the website, unchecks the "Hazardous Materials" box, clicks "View Flat Rate Boxes," and hands a package to the usps, saying "id like to send my friend some. uhh . some rocks i guess"

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SecureOwl@infosec.exchange ("Mike Sheward") wrote:

please can we stop calling it the 'Epstein Ballroom' that is very disrespectful to the people who have donated to it - for their sake let us at least call it by its proper name, the "Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Meta Platforms, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, T-Mobile, Google, Blackstone, YouTube, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin present the Epstein Ballroom".

Thank you.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: https://sfilen.org/resources/sf-rapid-response-network/

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Boosted by jwz:
zwol@masto.hackers.town ("Zack Weinberg") wrote:

hey
hey you with the text-heavy website
c'mere i wanna tell you something
closer
good now listen carefully
[at the top of my lungs] THE BODY COPY SHOULD BE SET NO SMALLER THAN 12-POINT TYPE AND THE TEXT BLOCK SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN FIFTY EMS WIDE

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Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
lalonsander@chaos.social ("Lalon Sander") wrote:

An additional tax on millionaires in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state. The money is being used to fund bridge repairs, literacy programs and public transport.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/millionaire-tax-that-inspired-mamdani-fuels-5-7-billion-haul-in-massachusetts?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MTA2MTU2OSwiZXhwIjoxNzYxNjY2MzY5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNDhKTFVHT1lNVEQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQTlFODU5Q0VDRUE0MkZFQjY4MEIwRjU4NjVERDU4QiJ9.rfT9%5FEtHho8RjecXjGrhX7WYDnQjqcU-tJ7zylXZWeY

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Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
sarahtaber@mastodon.online ("Sarah Taber") wrote:

BTW if you're trying to figure out why Trump loves Milei so much, here it is in one little Fox News headline [from 2 years ago]

Headline from Fox News. "Javier Milei crushes Argentine left, becomes world's first libertarian head of state." Subtitle: "Trump-like Javier Milei won 56% of the vote, and 20 of 23 Argentine provinces, in decisive win over Economy Minister Sergio Massa."

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3psboyd ("Matt Boyd") wrote:

I know demiurges who use subtlety and they're all cowards.

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record") wrote:

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

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MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:

Immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Federal immigration agents could be deployed to the Bay Area as early as Thursday. Consulting with attorneys and immigration advocates, Mission Local has compiled a list of know-your-rights tips for people in San Francisco. This is part of a series of resource guides we’ve run on immigration enforcement. Read the others below: “How can you mobilize for immigrant rights in S.F.?

https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/immigration-agents-are-coming-how-to-protect-yourself/

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jwz wrote:

Exterminate all rational AI scrapers, redux redux.

Nine months ago I added an infinite-nonsense honeypot to poison LLM scrapers.

Today, it comprises 69% of URLs served.

Normally it feeds junk after a few seconds delay, but in "high-load mode" it bans IPs. That mode starts when the free-worker count is low, and ends when it has been calm for 15 min.

This month it has been in high-load mode 50% of the time.
https://jwz.org/b/ykwy

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

Western hemlock. Western hemlock is the official tree of the State of Washington. It's different from fir and spruce by its soft needles.

#darktable

A closeup of green needles of Western hemlock.

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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

A Minnesotan should know better than to wait until the last minute to prepare for winter.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/22/i-waited-too-long-to-prepare-for-winter/

Icy claws

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
charfish ("Charles B") wrote:

@simontatham Peter Guttman's paper "Do Users Verify SSH Keys?" has one of the best abstracts I've ever seen.

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/105484-Gutmann.pdf

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assignedmale.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sophie Labelle ") wrote:

Truly makes you think

4 frame comic. Header reads : When Americans learn that former french president sarkozy is doing actual jail time for much lesser crimes than those trump commits in a single day. each frames show the portland frog mascot mimicking Kermit the frog in pensive poses, while fishing, siting on a rock, watching a sunset by the sea, watching the rain from a window.

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

I wrote about Bluesky’s moderation tensions and the White House’s threats and the critical need for open networks that can do broad connection and also care for communities at Tech Policy Press:

https://www.techpolicy.press/trump-administrations-arrival-on-bluesky-highlights-growing-pains-for-open-networks/

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

The Project Gutenberg community mourns the passing of our CEO, Dr. Greg Newby (@gbnewby).

Without his years of leadership, Project Gutenberg wouldn't be what it is today. Learn more about him and his contributions at

https://www.gutenberg.org/about/newby.html

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

Epic score!

A book titled “Art of Atari”, Deluxe Edition, by Tim Lapetino, Foreward by Ernest Cline, Afterward by Robert V. Conte. The slipcover is orange with white text, and has four vertical panels featuring various examples of Atari game box art.

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Smart beds leave sleepers hot and bothered during AWS outage
“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position ..."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/smart-beds-leave-sleepers-hot-and-bothered-during-aws-outage/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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Boosted by jwz:
stevefaeembra@mapstodon.space wrote:

Flight down Glencoe, done in a 80s/90s Sci Fi movie style.

Contours done in #QGIS , using data from Ordnance Survey Open ZoomStack

Used a trick to do hidden faces removal 1/2 :)

#Blender

Attachments:

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Boosted by jwz:
mattsheffield ("Matthew Sheffield") wrote:

I think I'm going to stop boosting all Bluesky bridged accounts.

The authors want the audience of the fediverse but don't want to engage. That seems disrespectful to fedi posters.

I get that we all have only so much time. Still, a Bluesky-bridged account is a zombie account in my opinion. Why boost it?

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record") wrote:

Mike Johnson has not heard anything about the entire East Wing being demolished and cannot speak to that.

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hayao.lol@bsky.brid.gy ("Garth Marenghi's Catbus") wrote:

running for president in '28, my entire campaign is just two posters, one picturing prominent members of the current administration beneath the banner headline "PRISON", and another of all the leading techbros beneath the banner headline 'WE WILL TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY'

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

Disclosure: I have no tattoos *specifically* because there's nothing I'm sure I would endorse having on me for life. The one exception would be if I lose my current wedding band, I lost two of them before this one, so Krissy had it engraved on the inside with THE NEXT ONE IS A TATTOO so I agree that if I lose this third one, a tattoo would be totally reasonable (also, I've managed to keep this one for 20 years, go me).

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

While I'm posting oh-so-controversial opinions today: Maybe don't get something permanently inked into your skin that you don't understand the meaning of, I don't know, that just seems like basic due diligence, and if you're about to come in going "that's a lot of ask people to do for a tat" I mean a) is it really and b) IT'S FUCKING ON YOU FOR LIFE maybe that shouldn't be an impulse buy when you're drunk or whatever

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

I'm 100% sure the folks in the comments here going "but there's context" are saying the same thing about the Nazi GOP group chats (sarcastic)

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scattergather@freeradical.zone ("scatter//gather") wrote:

ooh, the xscreensaver that ships with trixie now has a screensaver that slowly flies past transmission towers, thanks @jwz

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gooba42 ("Urzl") wrote:

@quietmarc I'm not sure what the CEO actually does in any company.

The CEO at my current employer has changed like 3 or 4 times since I've been there and literally nothing has changed. It's actually weird anybody cares enough to change them out.

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internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:

It's official! The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously declared October 22, 2025 as Internet Archive Day — celebrating our 1️⃣ trillion webpages preserved & our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.

🔗 Learn more & celebrate with us tonight ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/happy-internet-archive-day/

Joyous crowd gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall celebrating the Internet Archive.

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Anti-work & anti-cop stickers by @Krime spotted in Katoomba, NSW