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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
trevdev@fosstodon.org ("Trev :emacs:") wrote:

@ChrisWere there's no accounting for people's taste in movies, but there's REALLY no accounting for Drew's

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Boosted by jwz:
Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

Ever wonder why Team Chad, Team AI, and Team White Supremacy seem to be all the same people?

Because they have one animating thought, a need that drives their attitude towards women, immigrants, and work.

They want slaves.

Female slaves, robot slaves, people of color slaves, all the same to them. It’s as if they’re offended by the notion that they’re not superior to somebody and have to take responsibility for their own lives.

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Boosted by jwz:
ScottMGS@justme.masto.host wrote:

This set of proposals from @pluralistic is the first sweeping denazification program that seems to me to have a chance of working.

Who's got the wiki with the list of indictments for all the Trumpist collaborators?

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/#no-more-mx-nice-lib

#uspol #denazification #DemocraticSpines #reform

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Boosted by jwz:
aggiepm@poweredbygay.social ("Scooter 🏳️‍🌈 ⚽ 🚴‍♂️ 🐻") wrote:

Too soon?

This image features a large passenger airplane, specifically an Airbus A320, parked on a wet airport tarmac under a heavy, overcast sky. The plane is painted in a vibrant, monochromatic orange livery that parodies both Spirit Airlines and the seasonal retailer Spirit Halloween. Here are the notable details:  * Custom Livery: The fuselage prominently displays the "Spirit Halloween" logo, complete with the iconic grim reaper mascot near the front of the aircraft. The tail and engines also feature "Spirit" branding in the retailer’s signature font.  * The Setting: The ground is slick with rain, reflecting the orange hue of the plane. In the background, airport service vehicles and terminal gates are visible, along with a yellow "D4" directional sign in the foreground.  * The Joke: The image is a popular internet meme or digital edit. It plays on the "Spirit Halloween" reputation for quickly taking over vacant commercial spaces (like empty big-box stores) by imagining them taking over a struggling airline. The tail number visible, N529NK, actually belongs to a real Spirit Airlines plane, which adds a layer of realism to the edit.

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Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan Lawson") wrote:

Just discovered this excellent resource about which CSS features work well in shadow DOM and which don't: https://shadow-dom-css.adobe.com/

Honestly this is the part I miss least about working with web components. It broke so many parts of the web platform, and plenty of new web APIs seem to be just plowing ahead and hoping "somebody will figure out this shadow DOM stuff later"

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Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

I believe the Fediverse can connect people in meaningful ways and that so connected we can make a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
radish@woof.tech ("Radish") wrote:

@mattsheffield

Cover of "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, edited to say "The Claude Delusion", with the splatter in the background edited to be orange like the Claude logo.

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aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

it is so weird sometimes being a "Car Guy" (not a guy, not actually into _cars_)

But I do love spending part of the weekend tweaking my ride and putting way more than a normal amount of care into it.

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

People keep saying "the cruelty is the point". The cruelty is not the point. They don't give a damn one way or the other about anyone to even think about cruelty. The extraction, the hierarchy, the entrenched power is the point. The privilege is the point. The segregation is the point.

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jwz wrote:

Happy time_t 1777777777 to all who celebrate.

# date +'%F %r %Z = %s'
2026-05-02 08:09:37 PM PDT = 1777777777

https://jwz.org/b/yk62

Screenshot

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
colinpurrington@flipping.rocks ("Colin Purrington") wrote:

In my futile quest to get more people to make mosquito traps for their yards, I made a visual. Please share with friends and sneak into any presentation you're giving even if it's completely unrelated to mosquitoes. Mosquito Dunks contain Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ("Bti"), a bacteria that is safe for everything except mosquito larvae, work for approximately 30 days, and are available at most garden centers and hardware stores in North America. Bti-containing powders and liquids are sold worldwide under different trade names. NB: the white lid helps you see mosquito larvae (if present it's time to add another dose of Bti). #mosquitoes #mosquito #ipm

Photograph of a net-topped green bucket containing water, dried oak leaves, a small flat log, and a white plastic yogurt lid. Annotated with the blocks of text next to arrows: bucket with water (attracts pregnant mosquitoes), 1/4 Mosquito Dunk (contains bacteria that kill only mosquito larvae), leaves or grass (increases attractiveness of container to mosquitoes), netting (prevents birds from drowning), stick (prevents honey bees from drowning), and white plastic lid (facilitates monitoring for mosquito larvae).

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND

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Boosted by jwz:
StefanThinks@beige.party ("S.T.E.F.A.N.") wrote:

Vending machine: Thank you for your purchase.

Dawkins: Wow, you are sentient and conscious, but only in this fleeting moment, for the next time I buy fig newtons, I will meet a new unique being!

Vending machine: Have a nice day.

Dawkins: I’ll see you in Xanadu, my sweet innocent Vendra!

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou, PhD") wrote:

TIL crows, starlings and similar birds only *look* black to us — they’re actually very colorful in ways human eyes are unable to perceive. 🤯

Remember that next time people can’t see your “colors”.

Some colors just require different eyes.

Infographic showing what a crow looks like to other crows vs humans and why

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
awfulwoman@indieweb.social ("Charlie O’Hara") wrote:

Oh my god this beautiful video. If you’re someone who has scolded or mocked people for using AI (that’s me also), please PLEASE watch this. It will give you a much healthier way of fighting the systems that be. ❤️❤️❤️

#AI #Slop #AntiAI #LLM

https://youtu.be/y85nqc2zm7M?is=BE%5FCgS6X%5F3pvfV9X

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

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

https://pandora.app.link/ZGeGO4QfP2b

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

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/nOctJwZeP2b

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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Lies, Damned Lies And Stochastics: https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/05/02/lies-damned-lies-and-stochastics/

(the strange story of raclette maximalism.)

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

Sam Altman falls into a vat of nuclear sludge, turning him into a superhero called Alt Man.

What are his superpowers?

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

Here's the thing—American tacos, aka white people taco night, is its own thing. It's not better than authentic tacos, and that's OK. But don't tell me Americans don't have culture. 😭

Picture of all the fixings for hardshell tacos, including lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, and meat all neatly displayed in three clay bowls

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Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
slashdot@mastodon.cloud ("Slashdot :verified:") wrote:

Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/02/0625247/linux-percentage-of-steam-users-doubled-in-one-year?utm%5Fsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
selzero@syzito.xyz ("Selzero") wrote:

The US is withholding HIV and Malaria support to Zambia unless it signs over mineral rights.

Fekkinel.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/the-us-criticizes-zambia-for-refusing-their-deal-dismissing-patently-false/kzc8fbp

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#SCIENCE #ReligionIsPoison #ShitIFind

SCIENCE BECAUSE FIGURING THINGS OUT IS BETTER THAN MAKING STUFF UP

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mitch@hachyderm.io ("Mitch Wagner") wrote:

“Honeywell Portable Computer” prop from 2001 A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick . 1968 . This is a publicity still . https://reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/1t1ngu5/honeywell%5Fportable%5Fcomputer%5Fprop%5Ffrom%5F2001%5Fa/

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

I think I might need to check some luggage, my bag doesn't want to close.

My carry-on, filled with some clothes and two black cats.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Blender ("Blender 🔶") wrote:

We hear your concerns around how Blender relates to AI topics.

Here is an update regarding upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies: https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/

#b3d #DevFund

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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
suetanvil@freeradical.zone ("Chris [list of emoji]") wrote:

@soatok

Do it. Make a real product, offer it for sale, try to sell it to boards. It probably won't sell but it'll make the C-Suite lose a lot of sleep. Why should workers be the only ones to worry about AI?

(No, seriously, are there not a few tech lottery winners out there who'd be up for funding this kind of prank?)

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nberlat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Noah Berlatsky") wrote:

the south is obviously central to racism and fascism in the US, but it's not quarantined or walled off from the rest of the country. It is the rest of the country.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lemay ("laura lemay") wrote:

Q: Has Cato grown out of playing the fetching game yet?
A: No he has not
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats

Cato, a tabby cat, with a yarn ball toy in his mouth, bringing it into the bathroom so that I can throw it down the hall again
Cato, a tabby cat, lunging at the yarn ball I’m holding in my hand

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mxp@mastodon.acm.org ("Michael Piotrowski") wrote:

Après-midi au bord du lac.

#Léman

Vue du Léman. Cycliste, personnes sur un banc. Dans l’arrière-plan, les Alpes et des nuages.