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damien@infosec.exchange ("damien :donor:") wrote:

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Across its avatars and transformations, the baqt has always, as far as it is possible to judge, retained two essential characteristics: on the one hand, it shielded Nubia from holy war for more than six centuries at a time when Islam was carried from Europe to China; on the other hand, it instituted a system of very asymmetrical obligations in favor of Egypt.”

— The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle
https://a.co/2auAIeJ

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

kind of boggles my mind that there's no standard mechanism to signal "no longer on hold" over a phone line. seems like being able to listen a to your own music or podcasts or audiobooks while on hold would be a huge quality of life improvement

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“One or two days from the coast of Zanj one found Qambalû, perhaps the island of Pemba, just off the extreme northern coast of current Tanzania… a mixed population of idolaters and Muslims… the early days of the Swahili civilization that would develop and spread from the beginning of the second millennium: a civilization that was at once African, Muslim, seafaring, and commercial.”

— The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle
https://a.co/gxbQ5Dd

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Luke@typo.social ("Luke Dorny :ComputerClassic:") wrote:

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roh@mastodon.art ("richard "roh", 🏳️‍🌈 🇧🇷 💚") wrote:

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• pixel art; tile style pixel art, showing mountains, buildings and small bodies of water. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

(Not to mention the ever growing tower of complexity we seem to be building.)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

The idea of not delivering software may seem weird. However, instead of delivering software as complete artifacts to be consumed, what if we shared and delivered ideas and approaches, which would then need to be implemented locally where they are used? The idea being to foster a culture of practice and independence.

I admit not shipping bits is an artificial constraint considering the nature of software, but it is something I ponder due to the power imbalances that result.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Speaking of a "Day of Hate", to quote Jake: "I hate Illinois Nazis."

OK, any flavor of Nazi.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/24/tomorrow-is-a-day-of-hate/

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• Fucking Nazis on parade (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

i'm learning from instagram that the actors who play spock and nurse chapel (a) hang out together and (b) go hiking in runyon canyon

i have to say that if i ran into them "in the wild" i would absolutely freak out

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Una@front-end.social ("Una Kravets") wrote:

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chadloder@kolektiva.social ("Chad Loder") wrote:

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mythologybot@botsin.space ("MythologyBot") wrote:

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kat@weatherishappening.network ("Kat :WIH:") wrote:

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• “The act of making music, clothes, art, or even food has a very different, and possibly more beneficial effect on us than simply consuming those things. And yet for a very long time, the attitude of the state toward teaching and funding the arts has been in direct opposition to fostering creativity among the general population. It can often seem that those in power don’t want us to enjoy making things for ourselves—they’d prefer to establish a cultural hierarchy that devalues our amateur efforts and encourages consumption rather than creation. This might sound like I believe there is some vast conspiracy at work, which I don’t, but the situation we find ourselves in is effectively the same as if there were one. The way we are taught about music, and the way it’s socially and economically positioned, affect whether it’s integrated (or not) into our lives, and even what kind of music might come into existence in the future. Capitalism tends toward the creation of passive consumers, and in many ways this tendency is counterproductive.” — David Byrne, How Music Works (remote)

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

The 7 Star Pikachu raids are pretty easy to solo with the Arboliva build listed here. Sunny Day and then spam Gigadrain until you can terastallize. Your attacks do nothing before you tera but once you do, you can completely refill your HP at any time with another gigadrain https://pokepast.es/81bea0ea9fcadd0b

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“How 20 Seconds of Film Changed Movie History
This kiss is more than just a kiss.”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-cinema-something-good-kiss

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jilleduffy wrote:

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Regressed into the “crying when I look in the mirror” state of transition

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

I have learned this because it's proving very very annoying to get a refund for a (technically Hahn Air) ticket for a teeny-tiny flight that got canceled, but I'm trying to feel wonder at this arrangement rather than frustration

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

TIL there's a teeny-tiny german airline (33-seat capacity across its entire fleet) that sells $1bn in tickets annually (for other small airlines) https://simpleflying.com/hahn-air-retail/

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

one of my favorite newsletters is the MTA Weekender, which they send out every friday with updates about service changes over that weekend. something nice about getting the overview and feeling like you've got a jump on any subway weirdness https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-launches-mta-weekender-newsletter-communicate-customers-about-weekend-service

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Maybe delivering software was a mistake? 🤔

Maybe software was a mistake? :thonking:

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Even assuming the best intentions of all involved, making and delivering software is hard due to many, often conflicting, needs of people. On top of that, throw in the reality of people attempting to control the platforms that are used to deliver software or attempting to disrupt existing relationships for their own reasons. You then have an ever shifting landscape with no good answers and nobody is happy unless you're an Apple with an ironfisted control over your platform.

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pwnela@toot.cat ("pamela") wrote:

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

I need Ironman's Jarvis for my Photos. 55k+ and climbing…

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• Screenshot of my Photos app with thousands of thumbnails

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Kentucky did not officially adopt the Thirteenth Amendment until 1976.”

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/feb/24

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simevidas ("Šime Vidas") wrote:

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maria_drutska@mstdn.social ("Maria Drutska🇺🇦") wrote:

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