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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
slate@threads.net ("Slate") wrote:

We may not know their names or see their faces, but we hear what they say.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/ice-agents-minnesota-comments.html

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
davidsirota@mastodon.online ("David Sirota") wrote:

just posting these two headlines here on the off chance that when a future civilization unearths the social media archives from the wreckage, they'll have a clue about one of the causes of the collapse

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
llvm@fosstodon.org ("Nick Desaulniers") wrote:

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Shamblog
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/

🤨 TF did I just read

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
kakape@mas.to ("Kai Kupferschmidt") wrote:

Five years after the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines started, it seems the mystery of why the Astra-Zeneca and J&J vaccines led to a rare but deadly side effect of unusual blood clots and bleeding has finally been solved.
It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.

https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-dangerous-side-effects-some-covid-19-vaccines-explained

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

Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I’m switching back to Android:

"I randomly tried Android again for a few months last spring. Using a functioning keyboard was revelatory."

Having just written a thousand-word essay exclusively on my iPhone, I’m with this person. Typing on iOS is excruciating. It’s not just the autocorrect either. It’s layers of muscle memory over two decades, tapping a millimeter off ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/02/12/fix-the-ios-keyboard-before.html

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

Building a blog on the open web is the new Substack.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:

tl;dr: too long; didn't read

ai;dr: contains AI slop; didn't read

av;dr: requested age verification; didn't read

451;dr: content unavailable for legal reasons; didn't read

js;dr: page required JavaScript; didn't read

ps;dr: problematic site; didn't read

dr;dr: I feel like a pair of curtains. Pull yourself together.

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

I updated my notebook image. Also slowly working on a version 3 of the site. 😅🎉

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Remnants of the old summer cabin.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #trees #moss #graffiti

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A summer cabin stood here once. Although the house itself is long gone, there are still reminders of what once was.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #trees #moss

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I don't know the purpose of this tiny house, but it's definitely not in good condition.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #sky #river

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Born 99 years ago on February 10 in Laurel Mississippi, Leontyne Price is one of the greatest opera singers who ever lived…and she’s still with us!

Long live Leontyne!

#music

Video: Leontyne Price singing singing the anthem for the United Negro College Fund in 1984. Sponsored by The Ad Council.

https://youtu.be/SufPT9HoU6Q?si=AesFTItyb2Kxy8zj

Video: Leontyne Price singing “Ave Maria” in Montreal in 1982.

https://youtu.be/30eNxYjmEqU?si=Q9CYfbBHWlF6mPVV

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm S-Bend of Technology with David Gerard” (57m17s) @davidgerard https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00263/

Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.

Like it? Please tell your friends and maybe support it with money at https://the90pmedict.com/relocate. (Yes, a new crowdfunder.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

In ‘CBS Evening News’ Exodus, 11 of Around 40 Staffers Take Buyouts Amid Bari Weiss Overhaul

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs-evening-news-exodus-11-staffers-take-buyouts-bari-weiss-1236661058/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ProgressivePower@newsie.social wrote:

Above the law

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

Embedded Rust + Ratatui is a great combo

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

I like a fair amount of the articles in The Atlantic and I even watch “Washington Week”, but whenever I come across someone describing the magazine as “leftist”, I am that Nathan Fillion meme

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

aren't we overdue for another billionaire sacrifice to the ocean gods?

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

#NoKings, #MeidasTouch, #TheLincolnProject—these are corporate-approved think-tanks just trying to keep neoliberalism alive until the next election.

They convinced us that Branded Activism™ has billionaires shaking in their boots.

They've distilled all our problems down to a Trumpian sludge to better grease the wheels of reactionary politics. They warn us that #AbolishICE is political poison and they champion reforms that end up rotting in the Senate.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/there-s-no-king-in-no-kings/

#Resist #ICE

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.93.1 has been released.

This point release fixes three regressions that slipped into in Rust 1.93.0: an internal compiler error affecting rustfmt, a false positive in a clippy lint, and an issue with the wasm32-wasip2 target.

See the blog post for details: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/02/12/Rust-1.93.1/

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

It seems like there’s a dramatic uptick in “the multidimensional vector math used to generate the next statistically most likely tokens in a sequence has suddenly gained actual intelligence” conversation this week.

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

just fell to my knees in Tesco

https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/1012#issuecomment-3892219321

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

"You’re here, you’re queer—and it’s good for you, actually."

https://reactormag.com/heated-rivalry-shows-queer-desire-as-an-unequivocal-good/

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

During Black history month, I do what every good liberal(tm) does and read the words of Black leaders.

After reading, then re-reading, Letter From a Birmingham Jail, it occurred to me, like bricks, that the left lacks a mainstream political movement.

Instead, we have Branded Activism that doesn't seem to meet the moment.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/there-s-no-king-in-no-kings/

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

Interop '26 is now live,[1] and is simultaneously hopeful and not nearly enough (thanks for nothing, secret vetoes). Huge thanks to @patrickbrosset who fought so hard for developers.

Stay tuned for Edge to update our dashboard for more comprehensively tracking top developer requests:

https://microsoftedge.github.io/TopDeveloperNeeds/

[1]: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/02/12/microsoft-edge-and-interop-2026/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

Too many times has the privacy excuse been used to block shipping a web feature, when the native counterpart of that feature has fewer guardrails and far less transparency.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

This comment from Espruino on Web Bluetooth is 😘

Web Bluetooth has been avail. on billions of devices, for several years, and I can't seem to find any instances of abuse. In the mean time I've lost count of the times hardware I've purchased has required me to install a dubious app to make it work.

https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/1001#issuecomment-3431053955

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

Interop 2026 is live!

Once again we’re teaming up with Mozilla, Igalia, Google, and Apple to push for a more interoperable web.

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/02/12/microsoft-edge-and-interop-2026/

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

Folks in the US:

There are 340 million of us.

Which means there are more than enough people to take up the slack when you focus on one or two areas of outage in order to be effective, rather than to try to focus on all of them and get exhausted (which is what they want you to do).

Trust in the rest of us, and don't let them grind you down.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I could not resist sharing at least a part... It was the first snow of this winter.

#BelieveInFilm #8mm #Super8

Attachments:

• gifv: 3 scenes: A beautiful woman in a green coat, wearing leather gloves, slapping snow on a horizontal stone surface; the same woman jumping to look over a green hedge; the same woman walking on snow, leaving footsteps.