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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
antlerboy ("Benjamin P. Taylor") wrote:
Lovely. @VodafoneUK manage to arrange that all the RedQuadrant mobile numbers *couldn't receive incoming calls* since 23 December - a period during which my dad has been in and out of hospital - and now won't offer compensation 'as incoming service is offered for free'!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Something to think about🤔
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
AET: Ugh! Dad, you're such a scribe! [2]
AEF: Yes, I am a scribe. A highly esteemed scribe who has used his talents and rank to keep us housed and well fed. You should hope to do so well as I.
AET: [rolling eyes]
AEF: [sighs exasperatedly]
[1] totally awesome!
[2] nerdy Pharoah fanboy.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Ancient Egyptian Teen: [to another teen] Did you see that chariot? It is was so flooded! [1]
Ancient Egyptian Father: [overhearing] Flooded? There you go using that vulgar speech again! That's not proper Egyptian. You'll never earn a position in the Pharaoh's bureaucracy if you speak like that.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I wonder what ancient Egyptian slang was like? Like, what were the idioms the youth would come up with to disturb the olds?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
blakespot@oldbytes.space ("Blake Patterson") wrote:
@textoo And here is an extremely impressive C64 SID take on the MOD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyXyp5MucA
#demoscene #chiptunes #scenedemos #MOD #trackers #music #synth #C64 #Commodore64 #SID #Jugi #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I've been gone so long all my lists are empty. It's a little disorienting like, "Wait. Did I log into the right server?"
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lunastation@wandering.shop ("Luna Station Quarterly") wrote:
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. - Audre Lorde
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Gol dang it's cold out there! Anyway, here's a song by Dr. John "Let's Make a Better World" that I'm using to feel a little less bleak this morning:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
foooooook, it looks like a scene from’Dr Zhivago’ out there ❄️💨❄️💨
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Anytime you elect a Republican, you're putting a murderous asshole in power.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
for whatever reason, missing the Left Coast a lot today
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Looking upon Humanity & what they had created, Gawd Sighed Mightily.
Flaming Letters formed across the pixellated void, spelling
rm -rf /A great calm spread upon the the Filesystem, and It Was Good.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ids1024@fosstodon.org ("Ian Douglas Scott") wrote:
All engineering is reverse engineering if you document things poorly enough.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Colarusso ("David Colarusso") wrote:
Last week’s ruling from the Mass. SJC outlawing life w/o parole for young adults¹ has me revisiting a piece of short fiction I wrote on the topic some years back.
https://sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/posts/life/
I think it stands up pretty well.
Blurb: The United States is celebrating its tricentennial. Human life extension has been perfected. Roe is but a distant memory, and a case before the Supreme Court is poised to ask, what is the meaning of life.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
conspirator0@newsie.social ("Conspirador Norteño") wrote:
None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway. Here's an article on Amazon authors with GAN-generated faces and the books these authors publish (which appear to be almost entirely devoid of original human-created content).
https://conspirator0.substack.com/p/none-of-these-people-exist-but-you
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"A data scientist promoted by the rightwing activist Christopher Rufo, the Manhattan Institute think tank, and other conservatives as an expert critic of the former Harvard president Claudine Gay has co-authored several papers in collaboration with a network of scholars who have been broadly criticized as eugenicists, or scientific racists."
- NYTimes
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
what a nightmare:
"As two members of the SEAL team tried to board the vessel Thursday night in rough seas, one of the commandos apparently slipped off the boarding ladder, according to one current and one former Pentagon official briefed on the incident. Another member of the team then jumped into the water to try to rescue the sailor, the officials said. Both soon disappeared in the swells."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/us/politics/navy-seal-team-somalia-coast.html
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
The vibes on #threads are in shambles. And I don't just mean the negativity. There's a lot of post amplification there that feels unsettling.
Does that make sense? I can't really put the vibe into words just yet. But it gives off a sort of uncanny valley feel to it. Like a digital liminal space.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:
⭐ The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit https://aftermath.site/the-internet-is-full-of-ai-dogshit
"The once ubiquitous phrase “let me Google that for you” is now meaningless. You are as likely to return incorrect information as you are complete fabrications, and the people who put this content on the Internet do not care"
Yep. Google is basically useless at this point for anything beyond specific programming problems. I really need to look at other search engines.
📌 https://rknight.me/links/the-internet-is-full-of-ai-dogshit/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Something about this shot appeals to me. From my trip to Cumbria last autumn.
Canon AE-1 Program
Kodak Portra 400
Helios 44M 58mm/2
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
i've always liked the getty center but I will admit i'm looking forward to its eventual reuse as starfleet hq
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
anyway today I took the 761 bus to the Getty and it was gorgeous as always and they had a cool exhibit on medieval books
Mastodon Feed“Have nothing in your home, that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
-- William Morris
Mastodon Feed"In England in the 19th Century there arose certain thinkers – John Ruskin, William Morris – who believed that the quality of material objects reflects and affects the quality of society, even of the spirit."
By those standards, I guess we're screwed.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I was today years old when I learned Bluey and Bingo are girls.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
hrheingold ("Howard Rheingold") wrote:
Social media and user generated content 10 years too early
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
angiebaby@mas.to ("Angie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️") wrote:
"Looks like you're using an ad-blocker"
Looks like you're trying to install 52 trackers on my computer.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:
“Get your shit together, Todd.”
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
absolutely love confounding angelenos by telling them I'm getting around LA on transit
