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a robot may not message a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to be messaged
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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
Journalists who would never, ever consider working for Fox "News" continue to give their work -- free -- to Twitter.
They surely know that they're supporting a business controlled -- and manipulated in ugly ways -- by someone at least as malign as Rupert Murdoch. They're giving aid and comfort to someone who hates journalism and amplifies anti-democracy memes.
They could, instead, use the fediverse and control their own destinies.
How can they be helped to grasp this?
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Anyway I'm enjoying Fatal Twelve. Here's the main character's bestie trying to gently ask if you're illiterate
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
adventure_tense@mapstodon.space ("Andrew Wedlake") wrote:
Not sure if I can say this right, but...
I think I discovered today what the magic is for me using #darktable.
Back in the day I would go to the darkroom and make b&w prints on a Beseler 23C enlarger. That only got more interesting when I was introduced to colour!
For me, #darktable is like returning to that photographic lab. Exploring different combinations of modules, experimenting, and trying out different workflows. It can be linear, but doesn't have to be. Thanks to the #darktable team.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Finished off another heap of grading, and the sun is shining. Got to get outside for a bit, and then call my mother, and then wrap up the last class.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/14/geneticsdone/
Mastodon FeedGoogle today: buy the $1800 #Pixel phone!
Google in 3 years: software support for *this*? No way. What a fool put these obsolete chipsets in this garbage.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
oglaf@socel.net ("Oglaf") wrote:
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mattwilcox@mstdn.social ("Matt Wilcox") wrote:
#CSS Colour.
1990’s - 2010: pick a colour. Use hex. Done!
2010 - 2023: oh, you can have alpha too. Use rgba. *sighs* ok, or hsl you art nerd.
2023: buckle up fuck-nut, do you even know what a colour model is? Well then how can you pick the right one for your design requirement then? What’s your gamut? Idiot! Do you even HDR? “Green please?” Simpleton. Get out.
Mastodon Feed"You look like a good Eurovision entry."
(Still think Finland should have won... :blobcat_tears: )
#Eurovision #Eurovision2023 #Käärija #EurovisionMeme #BladeRunner2077 #ChaChaCha
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- Bladerunner 2077 "You look like a good Joe" meme format, but with images from Käärijä's video from "Cha Cha Cha". In the top image, instead of the hologram, it is him the ring with the long white wig, singing softly into the microphone with pink lighting. The lower image is him in his stage outfit, looking really tired. (remote)
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The Morris commencement ceremony was quite nice, which is more than I can say for what went down at the University of Wyoming.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/14/commencement-2023-the-kids-are-all-right/
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
people hardly ever notice my antennae… even most folks at backyard parties have failed to ‘see’ them
we perceive much more than we notice
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
hypertalking@bitbang.social ("Hypertalking") wrote:
My once every 2 years blog post has just gone up.
Finally sharing my 1 bit pixel art version of Hokusai's "The Great Wave"
https://www.hypertalking.com/2023/05/08/1-bit-pixel-art-of-hokusais-the-great-wave-off-kanagawa/
Plus bonus 640x480 desktop pic version!
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
KeithDJohnson@sfba.social ("Keith D Johnson") wrote:
Philanthropy exists to launder the reputations of the rich.
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- Meme built around an old magazine advertisement for washing machines but with new text and captions. A woman in a long dress holds a bundle of clean linens. The bold headline reads, "Philanthropy Exists to Launder the Reputations of the Rich! AND serve to replace PUBLIC institutions with PRIVATE ones! 6 smaller inset images: 1 Woman's hands holding dirty laundry and the caption: SO, you've "made" billions exploiting workers, nature, and public resources." 2 Two empty quart bottles captioned, "AND you've bought off the entire government to make sure you won't be taxed." 3 Two hands holding lace handkerchiefs captioned, "But for some strange reason, people seem to thing you're evil?" 4 Woman adding lingerie into washer and captioned, "TRY giving a tiny portion of your stolen wealth to a cause that's hot right now." 5 A woman removing something from the washer captioned, "OR start your own non-profit to hoard your wealth The Right Way." 6 Stacks of clean linens captioned, "NOW your reputation is clean AND you've saved even more on taxes." (remote)
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I was playing a VN that mentioned the rainy season and it took me a second but I remembered the word for that is "tsuyu." With kanji, it's not written as like, rain + season as you might expect, but rather the characters for "plum" and "rain": 梅雨.
Wikipedia has the etymology: "refers to the historical belief that, when the plums turn yellow and fall at the south of the Yangtze in the fourth and fifth months, the moisture that evaporates from the plant turns into rain." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_rainy_season
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Dear Amateur Radio Operators: do not forget to run the new FCC exposure calculations on your station: http://arrl.org/rf-exposure-calculator
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
andrii@hachyderm.io ("Andrii Soldatenko 🇺🇦 🦀 :rust:") wrote:
"Programming isn't about what you know; it's about what you can figure out." - Chris Pine
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Yup tax the lot of them: One in 10 homes in Sydney’s inner west is empty. The council wants them taxed
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
from ISW: "Russian media reported that two Russian Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 bomber, and an Su-35 fighter crashed in Bryansk Oblast on May 13, which some Russian sources claimed was caused by Ukrainian air defenses... several Russian milbloggers... called for aerospace commanders to take better steps to move such assets further into the rear. "
if you have to hide air assets in the rear then they are not really assets.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
listeninggarden@mastodon.art ("helleano)))r") wrote:
no one has ever surpassed the animated netscape logo's ability to make the internet feel majestic and awe inspiring
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
This WashPost story is only the latest reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/trump-truth-social-loan-questions/
What the public doesn't understand is the breadth and depth of the corruption -- in part because not a single journalism organization has even attempted to show sleaze like this in context. Instead, we get one-offs like this (excellent) story.
We get lots of coverage of individual brush fires, but no one shows that the entire forest is ablaze.
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"the financial tangle offers a possible explanation for why the SEC has yet to approve the deal, said Michael Ohlrogge, a New York University law professor who studies SPACs. He called the deal unusual and rife with questionable decisions and potential conflicts of interest."
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
fiddling around, using JS8 tonight to check propagation 📡
ended up in a QSO (direct conversation) anyway when I noticed someone's bio page on qrz.com mentioned Mastodon... the little critter is everywhere.
in the age of niche magazines and niche TV channels, niche socmedia "homes" just make sense, à la Georg Simmel (see "The Web of Group Affiliations")
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
A special shout out to those who find today hard and to those who don't wish to celebrate their mothers.
You are believed, you are right and, trust me, you are not alone.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
jamalix@layer8.space ("Felix") wrote:
@douglascrockford firefox on desktop has had something like this for a few years already, and it's quite useful for things like software dev.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
ravensview@ottawa.place ("Mike 🍁") wrote:
For my chemistry friends out there - today's #t-shirt.
Edit -Added a link https://www.zazzle.ca/s/guacamole+avagadro
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falkowata@strangeobject.space ("Kat") wrote:
Loved the shout-out to Polish milkmaids #Eurovision https://youtu.be/VJ920cN2HmA
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Don't understand the Sweden votes, tbh.
Mastodon FeedSomebody should make stick-on pop-up headlights. Every #car can be improved by addition of popup headlights.
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Rough estimate 24K posts on the different #eurovision tags so far today.