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pfefferle ("Matthias Pfefferle") wrote:

The fediverse has arrived at WordPress.com ❤️

https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/

thanks @mattwiebe and #wordpressdotcom and #Automattic and all other contributors!!!

This is amazing!!!

#wordpress #activitypub #fediverse

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

I guess the x-ification of twitter played a role here too

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

@Gargron @matt @nileane

I also preferred that look, the few days(?) it was online.

Follow your instincts, people will complain about any and every change at first.

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

this is probably nearly 100% a "me problem," but I feel like the NFT craze scrambled my sense of the generative art landscape and it kind of hasn't re-settled

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

I'm pleased to see the right-wing bloc fracturing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/11/things-fall-apart-the-centre-cannot-hold-mere-anarchy-is-loosed-upon-the-world/

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Mastodon wrote:

We're happy to announce the official addition of Renaud Chaput (@renchap) to the #Mastodon team as Chief Technical Officer 🎉

He will be overseeing the technical direction for the project, overview the infrastructure, and streamline the contributing experience.

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CyberpunkLibrarian@hackers.town ("Cyberpunk Librarian") wrote:

This is one of the greatest and best things in the world. #LibraryLife

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• A library van from Loudoun County Public Library that's done up like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo. It features flowers and a similar colour scheme as the Mystery Machine but, on the side of this van it says "The Reading Machine." (remote)

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

Prediction: AI is going to get progressively creepier as humans abuse it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/11/hows-your-relationship-going/

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• Phone conversation simulated by ChatGPT (remote)

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Jesper_Buhl@helvede.net ("Jesper of Antipaxos") wrote:

Det er smart at være dansker, for så er rejsen meget kortere.

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• Et kort over ruten fra Island til Irland med engelsk tekst. Ruten beskrives som langsomt muterende stavemåder: Iceland, Ideland, Ifeland, Igeland og så videre frem til Ipeland, Iqeland og Ireland, (remote)

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

Leroy Cronin seems a bit touchy about the criticisms of his theory.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/11/one-of-the-few-reasons-to-read-xitter-lee-cronins-whines/

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• Leroy Cronin (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

This is why "invisible hand of the market" fundamentalism is the most toxic kind of bullshit; the market has never cared and will never care about you or what it does to you.

Imagine the good $60 billion dollars could do.

ThE mArKeT would rather watch you burn.

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• News alert: Exxon Mobil agreed to buy the shale husky Pioneer for $59.5 billion, doubling down on fossil fuels even amid concerns about climate change. (remote)

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Time for some Hatari!

Hatari – Klefi / Samed(صامد) feat. Bashar Murad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy84LnL_ghA

#music #NowPlaying #hatari #industrial #goth

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

The opening scene of "The Lion King" is most likely better than most art produced in the past 25 years

nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

la kareokeo en tiu ĉi drinkejo ne havas esperantajn kantojn. mi neniam venos tien ĉi denove

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anubiarts ("Haunted Anubi") wrote:

my little family

#MastoArt #PixelArt #Art #Animal #Redraw #Cats

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• A Pixel Art Redraw of a pumpkin bed filled with an amalgamation of tiny cats, with only the eyes being visible from the blob they formed. At the bottom left, there's a cat staring at the viewer.
• A Picture of a pumpkin bed filled with an amalgamation of tiny cats, with only the eyes being visible from the blob they formed. At the bottom left, there's a cat staring at the viewer. They're probably wondering what you think of their family.

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Axomamma@mastodon.online wrote:

@technewslit @jeffowski

I don't know that I will ever need this knowledge but it will be very helpful if I ever do.

"Cue the dog to help you locate their owner by asking “what?” or “where?” or simply begin following the dog."

https://www.westparkanimalhospital.com/blog/if-a-service-dog-approaches/

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jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

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• I honestly didn't know that I was supposed to follow a service dog in a vest if it approached me by itself. I do now. So do you. The world is a slightly better place. Well done us. "If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help" (remote)

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anubiarts ("Haunted Anubi") wrote:

no one will find me here

#MastoArt #PixelArt #Art #Animals #Redraw #Cats

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• A Pixel Art Redraw of a cat hiding below a square plastic chair, peeking from the inside through some round holes that it has.
• A Picture of a cat hiding below a square plastic chair, peeking from the inside through some round holes that it has. Did anyone find my cat yet?

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Fridley@hachyderm.io wrote:

A brief moment of friendship? Half time before battle recommences? #CatsOfMastodon

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• Two cats sharing a small pedestal on their cat tower. They almost look like they haven't been chasing each other around the house for the past few hours.... O_o (remote)

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uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:

Republicans are blocking their own calls for Israeli aid

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-blocking-calls-israel-aid-no-house-speaker-1833399

#Newsweek #RepublicansBlockingAid #IsraeliAid #HouseSpeaker #USPolitics #ForeignAid #Politics #News

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Deglassco ("D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Born 106 years ago today, Thelonious Monk fundamentally shaped jazz with his unique piano techniques and innovative compositions. During the bebop era, Monk's distinct style, marked by dissonance, intricate rhythms, and unconventional timing, pushed the boundaries of traditional jazz. He was one of a kind.

Image: Thelonious Monk by artist Debra Hurd.

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mlncn@social.coop ("benjamin melançon") wrote:

Jews gathered in South #Minneapolis to recite the mourner's kaddish for Palestinians and Israelis killed and call for an end to Israeli apartheid and occupation.

From @UnicornRiot

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/anti-zionist-jews-hold-solidarity-shiva-for-palestinian-and-israeli-lives-lost/

Wish i had made it to this.

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biorxivpreprint@biologists.social ("bioRxiv") wrote:

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies cross-react and enhance dengue infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.09.557914v1?med=mas

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joelanman@hachyderm.io ("Joe Lanman") wrote:

very cool: a site to help teach #blind and low-vision folks how to code their own graphics with SVG

https://blindsvg.com

#accessibility

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chrisgeidner@journa.host ("Chris Geidner") wrote:

Update 4: SCOTUS denied the stay request, meaning the execution of Jedidiah Murphy by Texas is likely to proceed tonight. https://www.lawdork.com/i/137826504/off-to-the-supreme-court

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tzimmer_history ("Thomas Zimmer") wrote:

For everything I do, for my own understanding of the world, I need not only the thoughts and ideas of people with whom I’m mostly familiar. I need exposure to new, challenging perspectives. At its best, Twitter was an excellent tool for providing that. But not anymore. 12/

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

Article 22 is particularly bizarre

https://mas.to/@barney/111213918395037109

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barney@mas.to ("Barney") wrote:

@Teri_Kanefield

For those who like references, here is Hamas' charter.

It's filled with anti-semitic lies (e.g. "There is no war going on anywhere, without [the Jews] having their finger in it," Article 22). It calls for murdering Jews (Article 7). It asserts that all of Israel is an Islamic holy possession (Article 11). It says "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad," and it explicitly rejects all peace negotiations (Article 13).

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp

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

“In 2017, Forbes inquired about the triplex's size - referencing an obtained document from October 1994 where Mr Trump said the penthouse measured 10,996 sq ft (1021 sq m).
Starting in 2012, the triplex was listed as being 30,000 sq ft.”

BBC report

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Julie@social.coop ("Julie Goldberg") wrote:

Just had an interesting phone call with a retired #attorney friend who is on a mission to teach every #judge in the US to identify veiled #SovereignCitizen rhetoric in their courtroom and respond appropriately instead of letting pro se defendants waste time, clog up the courts, and run up costs. I don’t understand why judges don’t already know this, but since they don’t, I’m glad my friend is on the case. She’s a 70-something 3x cancer survivor, and she’s not here for anyone’s nonsense! #LawFedi