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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
maudenificent@aus.social ("Maude Nificent") wrote:

@howie319 @blogdiva

re-posting with #AltText

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

@blogdiva the fact that civics classes went away was a big red flag

i had one..

https://oconnorinstitute.org/research2024

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gvwilson ("Greg Wilson") wrote:

Pro tip: when you spouse says, "I can't spell to save my fucking life", the correct response is *not* to say, "Tee oh ess aye vee ee…"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

I saw someone describe "Murderbot Diaries" as "sci-fi junk food" that appeals most to people who see themselves in the character.

I mentioned the other day to my boyfriend that I relate to MB's world-weary snark and its irritation at having to constantly solve other people's problems (because they're too dim, slow, or inattentive) without much in the way of reward.

It's MB's awkward anti-social personality that starts to wear on me, but that's also what some people find most relatable.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange wrote:

You meet the users where they are to stop them doing the stupidest shit imaginable.

You have literally no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable

Who knows if I saved the entire firm doing this

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

what a powerfully horrid statement to read in a Reuters email:

"The US and Russia hold peace talks as missiles pound Kyiv"

this does not bode well for peace in Europe

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
francesdanger@turtleisland.social wrote:

As part of my job I have to make tiktok videos to showcase our services. But I'm an old and tiktok is even more confusing to me than Snapchat. I mean, how do people superimpose themselves over a different video without renting out a movie theater and standing in front of it? Clearly it's witchcraft of some sort.

Please drop links to the best tiktok tutorials so I can stop hurtling towards boomerhood please.

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

Frontend is failing. 75% of devices with browsers are smartphones, but not even half of sites pass Core Web Vitals on them. Why not? Too much JavaScript, added to indulge SPA fantasies the data is falsifying in real time:

https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Also just popped in the Space Virgins archive there too. Christ I’ve gone overboard with #gemini lately.

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

When the Moon Hits Your Eye is in the final round for the Goodreads Choice Award, in the category of science fiction! If EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU would go vote for it, I would appreciate that, although if there's another finalist you prefer, okay, vote for that one:

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-science-fiction-books-2025

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

The “i” in “iPhone” stands for “inequality.”
https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/

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

An AI company almost tricked me.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/25/i-exercised-some-restraint/

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
eivind@fribygda.no ("Eivind (like the Terrible) 🦃") wrote:

Four bendy buses managed to enter a roundabout at the exact same time from four different directions in Oslo yesterday afternoon and get properly stuck, each bus blocking the exit for the one behind it. #BigBusStuck

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

“Where there is a wall | A Working Library”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/where-there-is-a-wall

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

So, since the retailer Penninn-Eymindsson doesn’t seem to have an account here, what’s the consensus on the ethics of me just uploading the video directly with a link to their ecommerce site?

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

The key to writing is just telling yourself you have other tasks to complete that day.

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

It's possible the Studio Display will be all the docking station I need. Famous last words, but it powers the laptop, and the keyboard, trackpad, and speakers are plugged into it (with one port to spare!), and my backups run over wifi, so…

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

blogged a thing: Async SvelteKit Data and Side Effects

https://dbushell.com/2025/11/25/async-sveltekit-data-and-side-effects/

curious if anyone is doing a similar thing? maybe something obvious I've missed!

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

Over on TikTok, the retailer Penninn-Eymundsson has posted a short interview with the author and illustrator of the graphic novel I just published.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRJXRcFR/

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Freebooters podcast now available on gemini.

gemini://freebooters.uk/

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
losttourist@social.chatty.monster ("Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!") wrote:

Randall Munroe's #XKCD comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.

• Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
• Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
• Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
• Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years

Wishing another fifteen (and many more) to Randall Munroe, his wife (name unknown but it's not Megan), and everyone else. #FuckCancer

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

Mind you, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons why tourists frequently swim in the river here in Hveragerði is because they'd rather swim in the e. coli-filled run-off from the local farms than shower naked for the local pool, even though the pool is heated by exactly the same geothermal springs as the river

(Seriously, the river runs past stables, farms, etc. Birds shit in it. And it's always warm so you know it's prime ground for bacteria. It's never going to be a river with zero horseshit)

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Our new post on #Debusine is about how we brought Dark Mode to the interface.

Learn about the neat little tricks we did to enable it for Debusine, and see how we built a site-wide feature out of simple minimalist touches.

https://www.freexian.com/blog/debusine-dark-mode/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

#bootstrap #css #darkmode #freexian

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online ("Gardiner Bryant") wrote:

Mastodon. I've searched and come up empty. I ran `lspci` and found the ID of a device (c8:00.1). How to I find where it's mounted in `/dev`? I'm trying to pass the device through to an LXC container.

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

Meanwhile in Iceland, showering naked is mandatory.

https://www.icelandair.com/blog/iceland-pool-etiquette/#:~:text=No%20matter%20which%20type%20of%20pool%20you%20visit%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20mandatory%20that%20you%20shower%20without%20your%20bathing%20suit%20before%20diving%20in%2E

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
corbet@social.kernel.org ("Jonathan Corbet") wrote:

In 2017 Randall Munroe posted a strip called "Seven Years" about being the caregiver for a loved one dealing with cancer:

https://xkcd.com/1928/

That strip literally made me cry, it was such a clear telling of what that experience is like; much of it could have been about my own life.

Except that my own experience had a different ending.

Today he put out "Fifteen Years":

https://xkcd.com/3172/

This one made me want to cheer. What a joy to see a story that has played out so differently, so much better. I have never crossed paths with Mr. Munroe, but I rejoice in his and his family's good fortune as if he were a good friend.

Here's to many more years.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

@operand i'm disconcerted how often "always suspect the headline you love" turns out correct

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dgerard@awful.systems ("David Gerard") wrote:

Don’t cite the Adversarial Poetry vs AI paper — it’s chatbot-made marketing ‘science’

https://awful.systems/post/6382888

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

“The End of Naked Locker Rooms - The Atlantic”

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/11/naked-locker-room-end/684907/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ9ML-%5FmPLSAPfjbjWj9oDng

Iceland is in many ways a bit of a stereotypical Nordic society, but man are the Americans messed up