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

anthony@indieweb.social ("Anthony") wrote:

Somehow the release notes for the latest Safari Technology Preview missed the introduction of a native #HTML Switch widget via ! It even supports accent-color and nicely animates when you toggle it.

Load https://codepen.io/Rik/pen/gOEYZgE?editors=1000 to give it a try.

The release notes do point out other nice stuff as well:
- @⁠scope
- vertical centering for block containers via align-content
- scroll anchoring

https://webkit.org/blog/14885/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-185/

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• Screenshot of the Codepen link in the latest Safari Technology Preview. (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I was on @mike's Dot Social podcast to talk about Mastodon, #Threads (not the 1984 movie), and the social web. If you've got questions about any of those things, maybe we've covered them!

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/eugen-rochko/

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

it's handled on a per-state basis so it's a little bit of a patchwork but you can search several states at once or find your state on this page: https://unclaimed.org/search/

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

today I finally got a ~$100 check for unclaimed property that california had for me for some reason! if you haven't recently, you should check if any state you've spent time is holding money for you

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

As an aging OSS hippie, and a true ally in the web's cause, I'm heartbroken over Mozilla's failure to engage, to advocate...to do the things we all expect Mozilla of all bloody places to do!

Not only is this not being done in a fearless way, it's not even happening in a *fearful* way! It's Democratic Party levels of self-defeating inaction in the biggest regulatory moment since BillG was deposed by the DoJ.

Gobsmacking dereliction of duty.

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

Like most old webheads, I harbor an incredibly deep well of good feeling towards Mozilla. I remember installing the various SeaMonkey R18+ releases on my Linux work boxes in, like, 1999 – at about the time I was president of a Linux User Group and helped to grow it to the largest CS student group at Purdue.

It's with that brainstem-level fellow feeling that I ask, in all seriousness, why won't they stand up for browser choice?

This is their policy blog *in 2023*:

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/

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

misty@digipres.club ("Misty") wrote:

Just found out there's such a thing as a *USB Adlib card* https://shop.sudomaker.com/products/retrowave-opl3-express

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

@sfaxon @bcantrill somewhat embarrassingly I often refer people to this ancient slide deck: https://ahl.dtrace.org/2005/08/18/dtrace-boot-camp/

My @oxidecomputer colleagues report that it’s been useful!

Regarding the relationship between dtrace.org and Oracle I’d say somewhere between indifferent and hostile.

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

dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

The creator of Godwin's Law says, yes, it's fine to compare Trump with Hitler -- because Trump is a fascist who keeps telling us he's going to run a fascist state if elected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/20/godwins-law-trump-hitler-comparisons/

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

shawnhooper@fosstodon.org ("Shawn Hooper (he/him)") wrote:

Seen on FB in reference to somewhere in England. Perfectly fitting for #Ottawa, though.

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• A child opening a box that says Train Set on the outside. Inside it is a box labelled Replacement Bus Service. (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

paulisci@mstdn.ca ("Paul Fairie") wrote:

Launching the Headline of the Year contest today. If you're not familiar, here are the first four winners (2018-2022)

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• PLUMAGE A TROIS Thomas the blind bisexual goose who was stuck in a two-decide long love triangle with two swans dies aged 40 (remote)
• Penguins ignore police return to sushi shop (remote)
• Hospital angrily denies snake discovered in operating theatre, insisting there was only a monkey (remote)
• When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That's a Moray (remote)

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

augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

#Ireland #COVID19 update:

Positive rate up 62% in 3 weeks
Hospitalizations up 62% in 2 weeks
ICU up 58% in one week

Nothing record-setting, but numbers are rising & could reach the worst levels since last holiday.

Looks the new variant is doing its thing.

(I relocated home our of Ireland five months ago, but I still like to check in on the nation's data and keep my friends there apprised.)

https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/pages/hospitals-icu--testing

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

RepDonBeyer@mas.to ("Congressman Don Beyer") wrote:

The House GOP majority made Congress far less effective by empowering the extreme right and refusing to solve problems. This is why they can't, as one Republican put it, name "one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart

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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#Climate Town excellent as usual:

https://youtu.be/aT0r_yJafmg

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

devongovett ("Devon Govett") wrote:

Announcing React Aria Components v1.0.0! 🥳

Over 40 components with built-in behavior, adaptive interactions, top-tier accessibility, and internationalization out of the box, ready for your styles.

https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/index.html

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

truly a waste of the dog’s life, intel data unreviewed is in effect no intel at all:

“…reported to have been sent into the building in search of Hamas operatives after IDF troops came under fire from inside.

The animal was killed but the camera kept rolling and captured one of the voices of one of the hostages, believed to be Alon Shamriz shouting “help” in Hebrew and saying that there were hostages there, as their captors were killed by IDF troops in battle.

The dog’s recording appears not to have been monitored and troops then left the area. “

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/idf-dog-go-pro-israeli-hostage-b2467415.html

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

after 25 years…

https://www.dw.com/en/in-north-korea-torture-awaits-those-deported-from-china/a-67767407

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

craigabbott@a11y.info ("Craig Abbott") wrote:

Nice, the European Union has officially stated that accessible overlays do not work. This isn't news to most of us, but it's always nice to have something official to point at!

https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#a11y #accessibility #accessibledesign

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

zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman") wrote:

*sweating profusely*

I have advocated for myself

*still sweating*

…when do the good feelings about it start

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

kdwarn@fosstodon.org ("Kris Warner 🦀 🐧") wrote:

@nnungest @bcantrill I just came across this article - https://www.iflscience.com/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-clay-tablet-1000-years-older-than-pythagoras-72091 - and immediately thought of this talk.

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Spooky hooded figures are always nice. :blobcat_tihihi:
Started with pencil, added a bit of ink and then the gradient in GIMP. :blobcat_nwn:

#mastoart #pencil #ink #gimp #WitchyVibes #spooky #witch #BlackAndWhite

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• Frontal portrait drawing of a cloaked woman with straight long hair, wearing triangle shaped jewelry with crystals. Behind her, a black square for contrast. A slight gradient shadows her face, but her eyes are glowing. She is looking straight at the viewer intensely. (remote)

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

TFW the *only* minifier in your build toolchain doesn't support CSS nesting.

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• "A transpiler keeping you from using new platform features? It's more likely than you think" (remote)

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

#HappyColidays

https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/111613224672995350

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

neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Absolutely massive Quaker-brand recall of granola and related products for e-coli contamination. I had a box of granola cereal in my pantry included.

Saw this originally from @Wolven, so thanks dude ;)

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/quaker-recalls-granola-bars-and-granola-cereals-due-possible-health-risk

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

but of course

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/20/voter-fraud-prosecutions-2020/

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

Nice flag.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/20/i-have-come-home-to-a-new-state-flag/

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• Minnesota state flag. (remote)

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

When a dev uses the word "magic," 90% of the time, they mean "a thing that I can't be bothered to learn."

It's a handy trick that allows ignorance to be blamed on the subject, for existing outside previous knowledge, instead of on the student's unwillingness to learn.

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

Who in the world would want this kind of morality police in their everyday life?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/20/why-is-my-bedroom-so-crowded/

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• Twitter post from Nick Fuentes fanboys with knights milling around a bedroom to enforce their morality (remote)

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

I just ran my first ever half marathon. This was unbelievably challenging.

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

emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Can't get enough Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000? This is your lucky week! Join us

Friday Dec 22, noon Pacific
AI Hell Has Frozen Over (If Only)
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

... in which @alex and I will clear the backlog of Fresh AI Hell.

We're expecting this to be as cathartic as our previous pure hell episode (Ep 12, from May 2023).

#MAITH3K