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

Even when they kneel down in my frying pan, I refuse to cook and eat spiders.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/that-was-a-weird-thing-to-find-in-a-frying-pan/

bold jumper

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

It is so absolutely perfect and perfectly out of place, 10/10

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

why is nobody talking about the fact that the Hollow Knight: Silksong true ending has a wilhelm scream in it?! I almost just died laughing because of it.

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

Wil does some great narratin', ask me how I know

Anyway absolutely check out this podcast, it's freakin' great

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
noupside.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Renee DiResta") wrote:

New from me: an essay on the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and its remarkable 30 year history of witch hunts & blacklists. It chronicles the progression of how industries & academia went from capitulation to defiance,& what we can take from that todaywww.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...

Process as Punishment: An American History of Political Spectacle Renee DiResta Monday, April 14, 2025, 12:00 PM American political theater isn't new. The House Un-American Activities Committee operated for decades— until targets learned to fight back.

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

hell yeah *fist pump*

A screenshot of an email: From: Commodore To: Adam Newbold ... C-commodore Adam, Good news! Your Commodore 64 Ultimate order status has been updated to "Manufactured. Awaiting final assembly." Stay tuned for more updates. All of us at Commodore

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

RE: https://social.lol/@adam/115578336422718223

Put another way: it may seem counterintuitive, but sometimes the best way to maintain a genuinely *inclusive* space is to be intentional about whom you *exclude* (and why).

If this strikes you as wrong, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve often found yourself in the majority demographic of any given community you’ve joined, and you’ve likely enjoyed a lot of privilege as a result of that. (And you have my condolences.)

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

Rebecca Watson is in the Epstein files (via Lawrence Krauss, who is revealed to be even slimier than I thought.)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/guess-who-else-is-in-the-epstein-files/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLdyWPAz18

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radleybalko.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Radley Balko") wrote:

It's hard out there for a lickspittle.

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

People who run online social spaces often make the mistake of saying things like “everyone is welcome here”. I think a more fair and honest framing might be something like “everyone is welcome to step inside, but not everyone will be welcome to stay here.” Doesn’t sound as warm and friendly, but at least it’s real.

The measure of a community is what it will do to keep its members safe and protected from harm (or even asshattery). No one scores points for good intentions here. Results matter.

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

The entire frontend industry needs to sit with these numbers. If this data is right, SPAs are only winning *one* soft-nav per session on average. So divide the up-front costs of SPA tech by total clicks on site...is it worth it? The @rumarchive suggests not.

https://rumarchive.com/insights/#:~:text=of%20interactive%20chart.-,Multi%20vs%20Single%20Page%20Apps,-The%20following%20graphs

The RUM Archive's SPA/MPA navigation split for desktop.
Mobile SPA vs. MPA navigations for mobile, including hard/soft SPA navs.

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

Thinking back to the time that I had to ask someone to leave omg.lol because of their ongoing offensive remarks. One of the last things they (sarcastically) said to me was: “so much for being welcoming to everyone.”

The thing is, you can’t maintain a safe space for *anyone* if you try to be a home to *everyone*. The utopian ideal of wide-open online spaces where people with opposing beliefs happily co-exist quickly crumbles when one person is trans and the other is a TERF.

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EthicalProfessor@mstdn.social ("Dr G") wrote:

New Yorker Comic

NewYorker comic by Will McPhail. One young lady sitting on the floor using her cell phone while another, later version of herself, appears through a portal in the air saying: "I'm you from the future, where your fate is entirely decided by the whims of a few billionaires whom you'll never meet, so I don't really have anything to tell you advice-wise!"

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Jyoti@mas.to ("Jyoti Mishra") wrote:

Four panels are arranged in a horizontal row, depicting a simple, cartoon-style comic. Each panel features two mice, one addressing the other. The first panel shows one mouse looking at the other, with a small, cylindrical container labeled "BRAND" between them; the text reads “HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW CHRISTMAS AD?”. The second panel shows one mouse looking dejected, responding to the other; the text reads “I CAN’T AFFORD TO EAT THIS MONTH”. The third panel shows the same two mice, again with the container between them, and the text reads “WE MADE IT WITH AI”. The final panel shows the same two mice, with the container, and the same text “WE MADE IT WITH AI”. The mice are yellow with round ears and small, black eyes, and the background is a pale, off-white color. The comic is signed "IRREGULARGALAXydoods" and "[@]IG_DOODS" in the bottom left and right corners, respectively.

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jwz wrote:

Happy BitBLT Day to all who celebrate.

Crazy Eddie's Used Computers: I declare that today, Nov. 19, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of BitBLT, a routine so fundamental to computer graphics that we don't even think about it having an origin. A working...
https://jwz.org/b/ykxp

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
uoou@mas.to wrote:

I'm no Marvel fan but I am enjoying eventually playing Midnight Suns.

#gaming #asses

A screenshot from Midnight Suns wherein my character is standing in front of a painting of her and another character's asses.

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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Insurance premiums through the roof? Don't worry, the shutdown didn't fix it, but it's all part of Chuck Schumer's master plan. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

(panel 1 - Title above Chuck Schumer in a windbreaker and holding a bullhorn.) Chuck Schumer: Shutdown Negotiator (panel 2 - Schumer speaking into a bullhorn.) Schumer, "Let the hostages go ... so we can help you take their healthcare away!" (panel 3 - Schumer still.) Schumer, "Okay! You can starve them, now they'll know you're the bad guys." (panel 4 - Schumer still.) Schumer, "We need more time ... to find enough Democrats not up for reelection to agree to your demands." (panel 5 - Schumer checking his watch.) Schumer, "We gotta wrap this up. I have holiday plans." (panel 6 - Schumer walking away.) Schumer, "Bye, hostages! Remember to vote next year if you're still alive."

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minion3665@tech.lgbt ("Skyler") wrote:

@Baa

The XKCD All Modern Tech Infrastructure stack but modified. On top of the modifications in the original post, there is an angry bird (Red) flying towards the tower. It takes the place of the Microsoft blob (but is still labelled "Whatever Microsoft is doing) The remaining modifications from the original post are: AWS and Cloudflare hold up the left side of the stack with a medium sized platform. Unpaid Open Source Developers hold up the right side of the stack on a tiny pillar. DNS forms two tiny pillars on either side of the stack holding up the majority. Below them the Linux Foundation forms an entire platform holding up the entire stack. Below that is a tiny thin pillar as the basis of everything, it represents the undersea internet cables, it is being bitten by a shark. At about the middle of the stack a giant lever is being turned slowly pushing the entire tower over, it's labelled AI.

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

This country deserves better than this annelid-controlled ambulatory bag made exclusively of wet leather and stupidity

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/11/18/rfk-jr-peanut-allergies-vaccines-aluminum/87333853007/

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

I mean, I knew how SGU was supposed to end, but that was a dozen-some-odd years ago now and I don't expect the new series to stick with what we came up with back in the day (if indeed they address it at all), not the least because we didn't actually get to put it onto the screen. What I know may be canonically obsolete, is what I'm saying. Better to wait to see what the New Official Story is.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@matthewjamieson/post/DRP0K47EWOG

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

I stared into the abyss and 12MB of uncompressed JS, containing thousands of SVG icons, webpacked into cursed React components stared backed like a horrifying fractal of beady little eyes.

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

Oh, cool. I worked on SGU and have many fond memories of the experience so I'm excited to see what comes through the Stargate next.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stargate-revived-prime-video-new-series-1236431118/

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regehr ("John Regehr") wrote:

at my house you don't actually have to do anything if you can provide evidence that a cat is on you

picture of a cat on my legs accompanying whatsapp message "can you check on the cauliflower"

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

ICYMI, @tammy's talk from perfnow.nl is up; worth your time:

https://conffab.com/presentation/how-fast-is-fast-enough/?gl=x9afm7Z3U7ou

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adamshostack@infosec.exchange ("Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:") wrote:

Just discovered that in app web browsing gets its own #location service on #iphone! Hugely shocking #privacy fail. This is in Settings > Privacy & Security > location > system services

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

What's happening in Utqiaġvik right now?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/visit-beautiful-utqiagvik/

Utqiaġvik Sea Ice Webcam

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

The Misery Index of Little Treats 👀

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

I finally moved off TurboTax last year, and apparently not a moment too soon. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/intuit-pays-openai-100-million-turbotax-integrates-chatgpt.html

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

It was at that moment, the venture capitalists believed that data centers would be the foundation of the American economy.

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
Baa@mk.absturztau.be wrote:

​:blobfoxfloofdevil:​

The XKCD All Modern Tech Infrastructure stack but modified. AWS and Cloudflare hold up the left side of the stack with a medium sized platform. Unpaid Open Source Developers hold up the right side of the stack on a tiny pillar. DNS forms two tiny pillars on either side of the stack holding up the majority. Below them the Linux Foundation forms an entire platform holding up the entire stack. Below that is a tiny thin pillar as the basis of everything, it represents the undersea internet cables, it is being bitten by a shark. At about the middle of the stack a giant lever is being turned slowly pushing the entire tower over, it's labelled AI. Floating separate from the stack is a tiny blob labeled "Whatever Microsoft is doing".