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

If it were the 1812 overture, nobody would have noticed.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/02/i-went-to-a-concert-on-campus-last-saturday/

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• I'll have what she's having. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it is not even 7 AM, and I already yearn for a second cuppa

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

First thoughts on Bluesky: y u no PWA?

Like, Elk can manage it. Pinafore managed it. Mainline Mastodon managed it! If the goal is decentralisation, why would you put app store gatekeepers in charge?

And if funds are not infinite, why wouldn't you centralise effort on the web, particularly now that iOS Push is out?

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

I am really sick of this enhanced questionnaire before creating #support #tickets...

They are like „did you try that“, „or that“ and then like „are you sure you are maybe not simply too stupid to connect to your #server“?!

I operate servers since 2010 - I am not a kid trying SSH for the first time...

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

a2_4am ("4am ❧") wrote:

Met Gala was off the hook

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• screenshot from "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head"

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alex@tech.lgbt ("Alex R :heart_progress:") wrote:

@isagalaev @lothar @zeborah @Jdreben it can sometimes! Bees can see in UV, which lets them see nectar better

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DeerWhispers@universeodon.com ("The Deer Whisperer 🦌⚓") wrote:

Sunset over the San Juan Islands, Washington as seen from a Washington State ferry on Puget Sound.

#Photography #Sunset #WashingtonState

photo by Wheels

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• Sunset over islands from a ferry (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

#ChatGPT: writing nonsense with the confidence of a professional, and apologizing with the sincerity of a toddler caught stealing cookies. #oops #mybad #sorrynotsorry

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

From now on I'll start all my sentences with

"I apologize for the confusion in my previous response..."

#ChatGPT

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

(This post brought to you by finally figuring out the right search terms to find out what that wonderful rattly buzzy thing is called.)

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

brb changing notification sound to a vibraslap.

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

Vibes ✨ #photograghy https://glass.photo/rebecca-dale/tkas7qtTY7kccWFGH4yIO

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GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io ("John Kennedy") wrote:

Happy Birthday, BASIC!
On this day in 1964, the first BASIC programs were working! https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/basic.html

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• Dartmouth’s site on BASIC (remote)
• The first BASIC programming manual (remote)

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commonsensepaine@mas.to ("Doug Kappeler") wrote:

@barney @cshlan @serenebabe

Too true, my wife with her burst ectopic pregnancy situation in the 1990s would just have to die in most Republican states today. Definitely under tRump. There is no equivalency. What do you gain by throwing away a vote for someone under 1% polling, when Florida was decided by 550 votes for Bush? Nader, 2% of totals, enabled the Iraq war.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ah, parenthood

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/care-2

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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Is #Android Auto really always wasting 1/3rd of the screen on a panel that can't be turned off?

Reblogged by technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see..."):

TheoEsc ("Theophile Escargot") wrote:

Chess tip

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• Chess Tip: While pawns can move forward, they cannot capture pieces moving directly forward. The reason for this is because if they look their opponent in the eye while they kill them, they will see only their own face: that of a worker. The truth will dawn on them, that their enemy is their comrade and their king is their enemy.

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pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct") wrote:

lb: a scifi magazine from wales, which is cool in and of itself

but i was browsing their web page and what is this, ahem, "owo what's this"

and where can i sign up and can i put the same stamp on my software

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• a little stamp on a webpage that says "AI FREE" with a five-fingered hand giving the peace sign (remote)

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tefferbear@mastodon.art ("soil gremlin") wrote:

do not let the weight of the world / make you hard

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• whitney hanson / I am in love with you / yes you / the people with fragile hearts / i think you are the bravest / most beautiful of miracles / if you cry when you read books / or if another's pain brings you heartache / if your heart cracks / for the sake of bent butterfly wings / please stay that way / do not let the weight of the world / make you hard (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘on May 1, 1863, a joint resolution adopted by the Confederate Congress and signed by [Jefferson] Davis… declared that all "negroes or mulattoes, slave or free, taken in arms should be turned over to the authorities in the state in which they were captured and that their officers would be tried by Confederate military tribunals for inciting insurrection and be subject, at the discretion of the court and the president, to the death penalty."

http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/1

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tavosmm@masto.donte.com.br ("Tavos Silva") wrote:

Posting this one in English, so I can reach more #StarTrek fans =)

I'm running a Star Trek Adventures game for some friends and I comissioned a musician friend of mine to write us an opening theme. Then, I went ahead and whipped up an opening sequence inspired by TNG, SNW, LD and VOY, especially.

I think @punkonbus1701 and @jordanlafordan might find it interesting!

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• Opening sequence inspired by different Star Trek Shows. It features several deep space phenomena, like black holes, nebulae and planets, and shows the title-starship, USS Amato, an Intrepid-Class Starship. The footage is all CGI renderings taken from softwares Space Engine and Star Trek Online. The sequence also features title credits (in Portuguese), mentioning the franchise creator Gene Rodenbery, the game's narrator Tavos (me), the theme song composer Fernanda Dias, and the players and characters they play: Brenno as Vitruvian, Ju as Dr. Kala Meru, Laura as Cpt. Zoe Braga Neves, Laslus as Cmdr. Dorin Lox and Leo as Cmdr. R'Tesh. (remote)

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

I will admit that in the twilight of twitter I'd started to think that "text-based social media" might be relegated to a niche interest in the future. (Mastodon, a community that I've enjoyed for a very long time, is kind of a niche!)

I'm surprised at how buoyed I feel by other platforms' success in this area, and tbh I feel like it'll benefit Mastodon in the long run.

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

All the Koei-Tecmo musou games are surprisingly expensive on the steam golden week sale. Tho I guess I've been spoiled by the time I got a Wii U copy of Warriors Orochi 3 for $8 on clearance at Toys R Us (RIP)

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chr@scalie.business ("▽ [a big gay dragon]") wrote:

hey, this project is really cool: an indigenous photographer went around the entire US photographing other indigenous people however they wanted to be pictured: https://www.project562.com/11397500-gallery

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

thank yoy, S/SGT Wood

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Mastodon wrote:

You asked for it, and it’s coming. Quote posts, search, and groups are on their way. In the meantime, check out the new onboarding experience launching today. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Today on @oxidecomputer and Friends, @ahl and I are going to be joined by @kissane and @timbray to talk about Erin's terrific piece, "Blue skies over Mastodon": https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

Join us, 5p Pacific: https://discord.gg/EZYTqdKj?event=1100098397949677620

Recorded and syndicated, as always:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Hetzner has ARM-based servers!

I really like that, because now I can build on an M1 Mac and deploy on an Ampere VPS, without having to cross-compile for x86.

https://www.hetzner.com/press-release/arm64-cloud/

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

Does your final week of the semester look anything like mine?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/01/welcome-to-the-last-week-of-the-semester/

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• car crashed into brick wall (remote)

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stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

“Four platypuses have formed a 1990s British shoegazer band and are performing on stage in a dimly lit nightclub.”

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