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jwz wrote:

All I want for xmas is fiber on 11th Street.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
louie@pdx.social ("Louie Mantia, Jr.") wrote:

Big Day
🔗 https://lmnt.me/blog/big-day.html

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

♬️ DNA LOUNGE YULE LOG: 24 HOURS OF FIRE AND MUSIC at DNA Lounge starting now!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/12-24.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #dnaloungeyulelog #sanfrancisco

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

UPDATE: As satellite incident eliminates joy for millions around the world from now until forever, SpaceX confirms no impact to network performance.

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

NORAD confirms Santa appears to have collided with an out of control Starlink Satellite

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

I read this every Christmas Eve. 🥰 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
year_progress@techhub.social ("Year Progress") wrote:

▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 98%

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

✨ 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄 ✨

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lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

So if you use an electric eel to power a computer, is it called eelectronics?

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eruonna@chaosfem.tw ("Juniper 🏳️‍⚧️🌲 (baking?)") wrote:

@pecet @ApostateEnglishman @alice @TheBreadmonkey I may have excessive free time

What appears at first to be the Jurassic Park logo: a red circle with yellow outline containing the silhouette of an animal with text overlaid. But the silhouette is of a giraffe, and the text reads "Giraffic Park".

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TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Hans GruBen") wrote:

Actually its pronounced 'jaslight' you've just been saying it wrong

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exocomics@mastodon.world ("Li Chen") wrote:

merry christmas

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
emma@orbital.horse ("Emma needs ☕️ and paying work") wrote:

The power failures in San Francisco left people without power and cost business millions in lost sales and spoiled goods, but I'm sure the executives and shareholders of PG&E will make out fine.

https://sfba.social/@MLNow/115776201571574472

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:

Richmond Buzz: An ‘absolutely brutal’ blackout weekend

“Richmond Buzz” will be a recurring column on the neighborhood. This edition: Businesses are devastated after the weekend blackout.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-richmond-district-business-blackout-pge/

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

Why I Disappeared - Ken Klippenstein:

"During the brief, intermittent moments that I had time to check the news (rather than living through it moment by moment), I realized how utterly forgettable and meaningless most of it was."

Ken has done some incredible work, so nothing against him. But, he right.

There is a thin line between news and soap opera, both in how it’s delivered and how it’s consumed.

We are ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/12/24/why-i-disappeared-ken-klippenstein.html

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Boosted by jwz:
ingrid@everything.happens.horse ("Ingrid Burrington") wrote:

just remembered this year started with the image of a cyber truck in flames in front of a Trump hotel

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spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse

You can prevent this -- give carbon monoxide detectors as gifts this year.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
smallcircles@social.coop ("just small circles 🕊") wrote:

"Mastodon better than expected.." on HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46376652

#fediverse #ActivityPub

Snapshot of part of the Hacker News discussion thread, from this URL and onwards: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378433

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

♬️ DNA LOUNGE YULE LOG: 24 HOURS OF FIRE AND MUSIC at DNA Lounge tonight: Wed Dec 24, 9pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/12-24.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #dnaloungeyulelog #sanfrancisco

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jwz wrote:

And I definitely need to be 5 pages deep before you show me the "shipping is the same as billing" checkbox. Everybody knows that more clicks means more retention, right?

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jwz wrote:

What asshat decided that user name and password should now always be on separate pages? How does this make anything better? Fuck you.

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denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

happy "almost alone in this BR412" day to all of you.

happy holidays, too, I guess?

#traincontent

A photo from the inside of a train. Looks like an ICE4, BR412 - because that's what it is. The photo is taken from my point of view - sitting in 1st class on a four-people row with two sets of opposing chairs. The table in font of me is extended, and there's a closed laptop on it, next to a bag of what looks like bakery food, and a white refillable water bottle with an 8-bit heart on it. There are no other humans on the photo, the other seats are empty.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

As 2025 draws to a close, my hopes "AI" was going to force more teams to address the real bottlenecks in development fade into the distance.

95% will just ship less reliable software, and take longer and spend more £ doing it. And users will be coerced into eating the costs.

Business as usual.

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

A little holiday cheer in Pokémon Go! 🎄:prami_santa:

A screenshot from Pokémon Go showing my player Togedemagoo and his buddy Sudowoodo. Togedemagoo is dressed in a Santa outfit with ski goggles and Sudowoodo is adorned in holiday lights with a star tree-topper on his head.

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Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Microsoft and Apple are really putting in the effort to bring Windows and MacOS to the same level of fit and finish as Wayland

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jwz wrote:

Christmas Throwback: EXERCISE VAGUE JOY.

It was ten years ago today that I decorated the Christmas tree in my building's heavily-surveilled lobby. Simpler times.

Happy Surveillmas!

https://jwz.org/b/yk07



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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

My controversial take:

Linux desktops peaked with KDE 3.5.x. (Gnome is a ghastly abomination and KDE's been going downhill ever since.)

macOS desktops peaked with Snow Leopard (10.6). Everything since then has gone downhill in UX. (Honourable exception: filesystems and backup support. But those are below the desktop level ...)

Windows never had a peak to fall off and has been subterranean for decades. Put it out of its misery and start over from IBM's mid-80s CUI spec.

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek #MerryTrekmas

Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in the ol' transporter room with the fun ceiling circles and trippy backdrop panels. Kirk and a lady officer, we'll call her Cheryl, are standing on the platform. He's turned towards and looking at her with some anxious energy it seems. She is looking straight forward, as if to purposefully not regard him. (Total power move) Closed caption reads: Lady officer Cheryl: "Don't you remember?"  Kirk: "The science lab Christmas party. Yes, I remember."

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

@FediTree hi!

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social ("🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp") wrote:

@fromjason Maybe don't spend so much on candles? /s