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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
the euphoria one feels when identifying with a shared vexillological banner is self-flag elation
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Almost every developing species had a creation myth buried somewhere in its past, even if by the time they’d become space-faring it was no more than a quaint and dusty irrelevance (though, granted, some were downright embarrassing). Talking utter drivel about thunderclouds having sex with the sun… at least showed you were interested in trying to provide an explanation for the world around you…”
— Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
https://a.co/dHdY8Pd
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The authorities are thought to be looking into whether money intended to fight for another vote on independence was diverted for a different purpose, and to be investigating why Mr. Murrell made a loan to the party.”
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privacat@dataprotection.social ("Carey Lening :blobcatverified:") wrote:
Hey #irish #bike Masto: Does anyone know of a good ebike repair shop in Ireland, preferably one with some familiarity with Dutch Ebikes (Gazelle) ?
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Grrrr!
The precious angels at #Apple don't want you running #AppleMusic on an Amazon #FireStick.
You have to link your Apple music account to Alexa in order for it to work.
But the FireStick is just #Android, right? Right!
So side loading the Apple Music APK works!
But… it is impossible to get past the EULA because my TV isn't a touchscreen.
JUST MAKE THINGS INTEROPERABLE YOU MOOMINS!
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I_Like_Books@strangeobject.space ("I Like Books") wrote:
"My youngest daughter is a straight-A student, a cheerleader. Math is a challenge, but she's in honors English and History. She's smart, funny and grounded. She also happens to be transgender.
And so the United States of America, for her, is the Eighteen States of America, along with Washington, D.C.— the places where she is sufficiently protected by law and we feel she is likely to remain so throughout her education. (This list could expand or contract, depending on many factors.)"
#Personal #Salon #Transgender #Trans
https://www.salon.com/2023/06/10/for-my-transgender-daughter-there-are-only-18-states-of-america/
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I think it may be time to give the peas something to climb
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
think about it
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
If you're sitting in your settee, thinking "what a wanker, Alex doesn't understand the struggle", remember that I make a living dragging folks out of the ditch.
I'm the disaster correspondent for frontend that nobody asked for (because they were all trying to sell you fire insurance policies on the extremely flammable building materials that FB and had already marketed)
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The choice of functional reactive models (vs, you know, software) is not even a major plot point in this drama.
To the extent the world cares about why it's so expensive to make websites/apps and feel backed into FB/Meta/Google answers for how to do it reasonably is related to, uh, "pure fuctions"?...is a footnote, and not the entertaining kind.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
As a social liberal, the way I have come to understand my own relatively conservative values for software is as a gate between tides. Engineers -- like lawyers, bankers, consultants, and other highly paid professionals -- cannot change their operating environments quickly or unilaterally, but they can (on the basis of the discipline distinguishing itself through value creation) dampen malign actors.
Frontend's current struggle is to claw out of the shitcoin/ambulance-chaser morass.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I'm not sure what a good life in software is, but I'd start with:
- Make things that are good for everyone
- Build for the least among us
- Maintain more than you displace
- Your impact is never the sum of your personal efforts, so make others better
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Geewhizpat@newsie.social wrote:
Wow. Rumor has it that Disney+ changed the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark...
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Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I posted this and was like "shit I don't know how I'm going to find that video again if someone asks, I've watched so many and it was probably an anecdote in some unrelated video."
Thankfully no, it was very obvious which one it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPwfHXiBjw
Mastodon Feedshrinkthinks@spore.social ("Martha Crawford") wrote:
Finding the RIGHT KIND OF WEIRDOS is HARD.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
The most surprising thing I've learned about Fallout from Tim Cain's (producer/writer/programmer on the original Fallout) youtube videos is that the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system didn't come about from picking the word SPECIAL and making an acrostic out of it.
In its 1st draft, it didn't have "Luck." They added that for purely mechanical reasons and didn't change it to SPECIAL until they introduced the new system to the team as ACE LIPS and someone pointed out it could spell SPECIAL instead
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Absolutely wild:
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Oscar the Housepanther was stuck in a shelter for 5 long months before we found each other. he is a great companion. @mrissi_neko
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
black cats make great friends
From: @mrissi_neko
https://mastodonapp.uk/@mrissi_neko/110521693536762700
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Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to ("Nonya Bidniss") wrote:
Once again, if a person has been granted access to classified national security information and they give it to someone who is not authorized to have it, they are not, by definition in the law, a "whistleblower." They are a criminal. There is only one way that a USG employee is a whistleblower, and that ain't it.
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LewieKong@retro.pizza ("Internet Dad™️ - Lewie Kong") wrote:
He's such a handsome boy. #caturday #catsofmastodon
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ABlohm@bonn.social ("Andreas Blohm :verified:") wrote:
Fühlt sich an wie ein laaaaanges Wochenende. #FamilienkaterHennes #CatsOfMastodon
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vrandecic@mas.to ("Denny Vrandečić") wrote:
Sir Timothy found a new spot on top of the fridge
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davidisen@newsie.social ("David Isenberg") wrote:
Spare me the pompous hypocrisy about how the law applies equally to all. (Talking to you, MSNBC, NYT and others.) If so, Donnie would be frog-marched to the paddy wagon the instant they found the docs. Like Reality Winner. He'd immediately get his passport canceled. Like Edward Snowden. He'd be stripped naked pre-trial and put in a bare cell under "suicide watch." Like Chelsea Manning. So stop.
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pivoinebleue@mstdn.social ("BluePeony :bow_blue:") wrote:
Logs show 10 House Republicans attended White House meeting on pressuring Pence
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/12/house-republicans-jan6-white-house?t=Sh8ItqV_woIYPRmhtCGPLw&s=09
>Several of the members later sought pardons, according to the committee.
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas)
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)
Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
Now-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
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luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:
Capitalism fueled the #climate crisis. A stunning video of Times Square during the peak of the wildfire smoke.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fabrice@fosstodon.org ("Fabrice Desré") wrote:
The Web can be fast, even on under powered HW. Here's a short clip launching the Settings app of @capyloon on a Pinephone Pro.
In a nutshell:
- the runtime is Gecko 116 loading content from a local web server.
- the app is not minified, there is not even a build step! (https://github.com/capyloon/nutria/tree/main/apps/settings)
- The UI is built with https://shoelace.style web components and a custom lazy loader.And I'm sure we can do even better.
cc @slightlyoff
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emmah@wandering.shop ("Emma Builds 🚀") wrote:
I agree with Popehat. Even if a crooked judge or crooked jury lets Trump get away with it, you bring the charges.
https://popehat.substack.com/p/jack-smith-donald-trump-and-the-kobayashi
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koko@yiff.life ("ko 🦊🌸") wrote:
has this been done before
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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:
You're sitting in a restroom in Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Which available reading material do you choose?