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

I've always been leery of those LessWrong weirdos. I wonder why?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/12/layers-and-layers-of-grifting/

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• Eliezer Yudkowsky (remote)

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

The madness grows. We're in the midst of a full-blown toxic hysteria driven by the Christian right.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/12/time-is-fleetingmadness-takes-its-toll/

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• "It started out as Pride coming in and I thought everything would be ok...it ended with a rainbow room where 8-12 y/o kids were given butt plugs and dildos." (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“This is not an accident. This is not an episode.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/apr/12/russia-ukraine-war-live-russia-risks-becoming-economic-colony-of-china-as-isolation-deepens-says-cia-director

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robinwhittleton ("Robin Whittleton") wrote:

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

"So much for Wyoming blockchain regulatory capture — the Fed blocks Custodia Bank":

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/04/09/so-much-for-wyoming-blockchain-regulatory-capture-the-fed-blocks-custodia-bank/

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

I'm really impressed with how good Nintendo Switch emulation has gotten but I don't really have much use for it either. I have a big backlog of switch exclusives so I'm not really looking to, uh, "audition" ones I don't already have.

And the other main thing I use the switch for is playing cross-platform games portably, so using an emulator to play Baba Is You or whatever on my desktop is just adding pointless extra steps

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

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• Previous slide, about "Staking transforms collateral into outsized economic security", with a photo of Gary Gensler overlaid. All of the title except for "Staking: security" has been blacked out (remote)

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

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• NFT creators have earned more than $1.9 billion in royalty revenues. Graph showing high royalties ($100-$300M per month) until mid 2022, at which point they drop way down to maybe $20-30M/month (remote)

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

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veronica@xoxo.zone ("Veronica") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ☁️ Overcast, +64°F, 37%, →19mph, 1015hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 19:56:24-0400 | Dawn: 06:04:06 | Sunrise: 06:34:00
Zenith: 13:11:25 | Sunset: 19:49:15 | Dusk: 20:19:16
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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dananddna@mastodon.art wrote:

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• the wandering reef, a sea turtle covered in coral (remote)
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• the squid whale (remote)
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loren@flipping.rocks ("Loren") wrote:

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

OH: "Remove 'em all and let git sort it out"

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

We have a new Infinite Thread.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/11/infinite-thread-xxvii/

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• Starships! (remote)

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scifi4wifi@mastodon.sdf.org ("SCIFI.radio") wrote:

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

We got flies. I repeat, flies. Spring is here!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/11/behold-a-sign-of-spring/

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• A fly! (remote)

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OpenResearchIns@micro.blog ("Open Research Institute") wrote:

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northbaypython@floss.social ("North Bay Python") wrote:

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

the NYT Crosswords app should absolutely generate a little custom card based on your times and scores and stuff! (They do a link which pulls in a preview image in certain contexts. I'm sure you get better analytics with that but it's a worse approach.)

I feel like the underappreciated lesson of Wordle's success is making it easy to share your results wherever, and an image does that better than a link

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

(it's not possible to add alt text from at least the iOS share dialog, which is a real negative, but I'm not sure where the blame lies for that one)

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

The "Share-a-Fact" card generator in the Wikipedia app is such a great interface and no other app has the guts to do it

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Gegenwind@chaos.social wrote:

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

I always wanted to be Renfield when I grew up, and now I am.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/11/the-renfield-protocol/

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• Nicholas Hoult as Renfield (remote)

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EmpireofDirt@universeodon.com ("Empire of Dirt™ :verified:") wrote:

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artbyemilyhare@mastodon.art ("Emily Hare") wrote:

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mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael Lucas¹ :flan_molotov:") wrote:

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amelialiarakos@social.coop ("Amelia Liarakos") wrote:

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Mrfunkedude ("Frosted Pop Farts") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

too damned young

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