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SocraticEthics@mastodon.online ("Ukraine War Bulletins and News") wrote:

⛔️Notice To Mariners⛔️
⚠️🇷🇺All Russian commercial vessels will be considered combatants as Russian army is now using civilian vessels for military purposes (more)
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3746765-russian-army-using-civilian-vessels-for-military-purposes-expert.html #Ukraine #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#PutinEndTheInvasion

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

Just no words...Where are the checks & balances in the USA for letting this happen...
A supreme court justice should lead by example and should prevent any hint of being compromised. Clarence Thomas is the opposite of all that.
#ClarenceThomas
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"...Thomas’ leisure activities have been underwritten by benefactors who share the ideology that drives his jurisprudence. Their gifts include:

At least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the Bahamas; 26 private jet flights, plus an additional eight by helicopter; a dozen VIP passes to professional and college sporting events, typically perched in the skybox; two stays at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica; and one standing invitation to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic coast."

https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/110865823205821204

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

Need to go easy today.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/10/notgreat/

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• Turkey with "I quit" sign (remote)

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

Corruption, and the impunity of Supreme Court justices.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/10/jesus-christ-impeach-him-already/

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• Clarence Thomas carries a lot of baggage (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Euan@stctp.zone wrote:

I have found the world's greatest Viewmaster reel. #muppets #sesamestreet #cats

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• Viewmaster slide. Bert, from Sesame Street, (a muppet) pokes his head around a door holding a basket with a (real) kitten in it. (remote)
• Bert stands holding the kitten in the basket. Ernie faces it, holding out his rubber ducky towards it. They're in their living room, with a framed photo of the two of them on the wall. (remote)
• Ernie sits on the kitchen floor with a box of cat food beside him. The kitten sits between his legs sipping milk from a dish. (remote)
• Bert sits in an armchair, knitting, as Ernie sits and plays with the kitten on the living room floor. The kitten has a ball of green yarn. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

pets@wakoka.com ("Pets Japan") wrote:

猛暑の室内待機はお父さんの部屋を離れないルンルンとアランとベルです　Great Pyrenees　グレートピレニーズ https://www.wacoca.com/pets/185626/

#dog #Greatpyrenees #Inu #グレート・ピレニーズ #グレートピレニーズ #超大型犬

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• 猛暑の室内待機はお父さんの部屋を離れないルンルンとアランとベルです　Great Pyrenees　グレートピレニーズ (remote)

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

"We can also praise LK-99 from the point of view of public pedagogy. It served to massively advance public awareness of the importance of materials science in everyday life. In the public mind, it affirmed replication as a fundamental building block of scientific validity. It highlighted the idea of science as accessible and belonging to the public, rather than the exclusive province of a scholarly high priesthood."

https://www.macroscience.org/p/its-so-over-now-what

#lk99 #science

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

I'd be tempted to re-buy on the switch so I could play in handheld mode but it's kinda expensive for what it is ($50) and it's not on sale right now

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

Both queues are full! I can vouch for both sides, but can do < 5 high quality intros per quarter. Mostly because it's 10 hours+ per intro to ensure connection, good follow-ups, strong interest, etc.

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

I tried out Spirit Hunter: Death Mark and it's ok so far. It's a low-animation, very text-focused adventure game, a bit like Uninvited but much more forgiving. There are some timed parts, but they're brief and limited to a few key moments.

There are some really nice illustrations, but the text hasn't given me enough context/detail to really create that much of a creepy atmosphere.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

I like to make little hand-ties with my leftover ikebana materials.

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• Hand-tied bouquet with carnations, mums, halyconia and sunflower (remote)

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

Of the failures I feel in my consciousness (I'm clearly guilty of much else!), the inability to reliably match people who know things about the web with employers that can benefit from such arcane knowledge looms large.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

By "infects the whole call path", I described it to friends as someone who heard about the idea of function coloring, and decided we needed a THIRD color.

Now I have to think, I'm writing a JS function to calculate/fetch a result based on some input. If my fn color is REACT_STATE, now I need to account for the fact that I might be passed dummy values that haven't even been initialized yet, and wait for a *second* (or more) call to actually do work. 🤮

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@davatron5000 @collinsworth I've been using (client-side) Svelte for a personal project for a few years, and recently tried out SvelteKit for SSR and have been kicking myself for not doing so earlier. (https://github.com/NfNitLoop/svelte-kit-deno)

At work recently I had to work with React, and maaaaan things are needlessly crufty in that world!

I can just use async/await in vanilla JS in Svelte/Preact and update a store/signal. In react, useState() infects the whole call path! 🤯

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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:

This post by @collinsworth is a 200 ton spicy-a-meatball. 🌶️🍖🏀

Being in the non-mainstream Vue/Nuxt and Web Components camp, my opinions are obvious. I'm not sharing this to rattle sabers, but because I think Josh makes a great point that the weird/hard stuff in React simply aren't problems in other (modern) frameworks.

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/antiquated-react

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

Was there a front page Atlantic article by Ed Yong or Derek Thomson with a title like "The CDC Whiffed Covid-19, Here's It's Bold Plan to Rebuild Trust"?

Or did the CDC/NIH/etc. just give up after epically failing at their one job?

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

adventure_tense@mapstodon.space ("Andrew Wedlake") wrote:

Tired of “renting” software on the various Apple App Stores? Then try out Linux. After you land and find your software community, then contribute back. At least you know it’s going to the actual people doing the work, for which we all benefit.

#AppStore
#OpenSource
#Linux
#Fairphone

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

playing Dylan & The Band - Genuine Basement Tapes 1

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• Genuine Basement Tapes 1 - Dylan & The Band (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“There was an extensive legal battle in Federal District Court in Washington this winter before Judge Beryl A. Howell between lawyers for Twitter and prosecutors from the Justice Department concerning the provision. Ultimately, Twitter not only lost the fight but also was found to be in contempt of court and fined $350,000 for delaying complying with the warrant.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-account-search-warrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

This conclusion about the likelihood of base and criminal behavior from Trump is just that: a considered, careful conclusion by two courts of law. These courts are not making cocktail party chat or social media pronouncements. They are saying that a grand jury investigation had to be protected from illegal meddling and tampering by a former U.S. President. 7/

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

It is easy to lapse into just nodding along with the District Court’s finding. After all, #Trump has always and forever been playing games with judicial proceedings. But this really is striking: the District Court and the DC Circuit Court have both determined that he could not be trusted not to actively meddle with an ongoing criminal investigation by messing with evidence, menacing witnesses, telling his cronies about the nature of the investigation. #LawFedi 6/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

#Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a former lawmaker and investigative journalist, has been shot dead, local report says

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/342539

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

oberonsghost@aus.social wrote:

Yeah, nah.

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• 2bc8b43107bd2720.jpeg (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

as far as smoke goes, Yukon and Alaska are not doing well

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• deb2ab077892cfc3.png (remote)

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

geerlingguy ("Jeff Geerling") wrote:

Fork Yeah! Examining open source history after Red Hat's move https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/fork-yeah-examining-open-source-history-after-red-hats-move #opensource

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Every year on the first day of school, we have the kids pose for a photo and indicate their new grade with their fingers -- but this year we needed some neighborhood help for our high school junior

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• Picture showing kids on their first day of school -- with an extra kid providing the 11th finger for the junior

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

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• ca4496491e91b924.jpg (remote)

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

gael ("ＧΛËＬＤＵＶΛＬ") wrote:

⚠️⚠️⚠️With "Web Environment Integrity", Google wants to privatize the web.

Results:
- web pages w/copyrighted content won't be accessible anymore with non-Chrome web browsers
- users' web activity will be fully tracked

Let's fight HARD against this! 💪

Plz reshare!

More about this 👇
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/web-environment-integrity-is-an-all-out-attack-on-the-free-internet

@fsfe

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

KristianHarstad@mastodon.cloud ("Kristian Harstad") wrote:

People are getting paid for #publishing #AI-written #books, in an #author's name, when in fact the author did not, and knew nothing about this happening.

Then, when the author tries to do something about it to stop this obvious #abuse, they are told no.

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• An author explaining her understandable anguish over this issue (remote)