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

I am particularly peeved at apologists for terrorism who use moral relativism while condemning atheists for lacking the moral clarity of their holy books.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/16/there-are-jerks-on-mastodon-too/

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• @escarpment@mastodon.online @pzmyers It says in your profile you are an atheist yet you still seem to have been convinced by the religious moralizers that there exists a clearly defined objective standard of good and evil, which there is not. @escarpment@mastodon.online @pzmyers Also, though many people claim half-heartedly to condemn both Israel and Hamas (which in my view is unjustified), they spend the majority of the time and effort condemning Israel, therefore tacitly endorsing Hamas. They hold rallies against Israel, not against Israel and Hamas. They bring cases to the ICJ against Israel, not against Israel and Hamas. (remote)

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

Gorsuch urged to recuse himself from supreme court case over ties to oil baron | US supreme court | The Guardian

“Two days before oral arguments in a US supreme court case set to have a major impact on federal health and environmental regulation, a leading government watchdog called on Neil Gorsuch to recuse himself over close links to a billionaire oil baron who has hosted the rightwing justice at a mountain resort called Eagles Nest for weekends of dove shooting and who stands to benefit from the ruling at hand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jan/16/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-case-recuse-philip-anshutz?utm_term=65a67dd36f44a63691fd37cd1744c992&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email

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

I know outdoors ice is a very usual thing for some people, but seeing it around here it always feels like something impossible just happened.

tf you mean it can get cold enough to freeze water

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wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

I did a podcast with @code4thought
explaining my views on the need for #FrugalComputing

https://codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/14291879

#Code4Thought
#ClimateEmergency

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JenMsft ("Jen Gentleman") wrote:

async await async await async await async await
in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵

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

I can see why they called it “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure” (OCI) rather than “Oracle Cloud Database” (OCD)

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melle@chaos.social wrote:

TIL: https://github.com/wireviz/WireViz Like GraphViz but for wires 😍

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• WireWiz demo image. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

While waiting to see how bad the freezing rain will be, I decided to warm my cold heart by reading about Bobbie the wonder dog:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie_the_Wonder_Dog

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

when: 9pm East Coast US time, Tuesday 16 JAN 2024
where: at the 20m JS8 meeting freq (14.0780MHz)
what: @ROCDIGI group net

we have established a weekly net to explore the possibilities in JS8 with others, centered around but not limited to the Rochester NY area. feel free to join us no matter your location, it will be more fun with a good turnout to explore things like automated checkins and message relaying.

the idea is to establish a welcoming environment for people to get comfortable operating in this short-text-message mode, which works great with low power, with less-than-optimal antennas & sites, and over relatively long distances-per-watt.

looking fwd to working together

jeffs
—
Jeff Sonstein
wa2rrb

#AmateurRadio

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• monitor displaying JS8Call software running on 7.078 mega hertz (remote)

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

You shouldn't care about the Iowa caucuses, except that it reveals the existence of MAGA assholes and the corruption of the Republican party.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/16/why-should-i-care/

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• Suddenly, the whole world blows up. (remote)

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mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk ("Khurram Wadee ✅") wrote:

#PearlsBeforeSwine by #StephanPastis for January 16, 2024 - GoComics

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/01/16

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• Rat congratulates the cartoonist on having made it through another 365 days closer to being claimed by the dirt. The cartoonist wishes he'd said Happy Birthday like everyone else. (remote)

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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

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whitedove@pixelfed.social ("White Dove") wrote:

100 Days

2024-01-14
An artistic protest action in Jerusalem marking 100 days since the hostages were taken captive. The message was “Stop everything. Bring them all back”.

We walked down the street with “100 days” signs taped to our clothes and at a given moment everyone froze in place. After 15 minutes we started chanting “Now. Now. Now…” (meaning “bring them home now” or “deal now”) for several minutes. We repeated these steps twice.

@israel@a.gup.pe @palestine@a.gup.pe #Israel #Palestine #Protest #Hostages #BringThemHome #BringThemHomeNow #Portrait #StreetPhotography #StreetLights

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• A person wearing winter clothes standing on the street. “100 days” sign is taped to their clothes. (remote)
• A person wearing winter clothes standing on the street. “100 days” sign is taped to their clothes. (remote)

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DrALJONES wrote:

@DavidBruchmann @ecsd

One source, from 15/12/2023 Jerusalem (AFP):

"Israel social security data reveals true picture of Oct 7 deaths"

"The final death toll from the attack is now thought to be:
695 Israeli civilians, including 36 children
373 security forces
71 foreigners
giving a total of 1,139"

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231215-israel-social-security-data-reveals-true-picture-of-oct-7-deaths

Of course this doesn't settle how many Israelis were killed by IDF.

Informed opinion, fine, but black/white, underinformed conjecture? Not my thing.

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dansup ("dansup 🚀") wrote:

I am cree, and belong to a long line of chiefs and medicine men

These are passed down to the oldest son of the oldest son

I'm the oldest son. My dad was the oldest, his dad was the oldest. Since I was a kid, I've been prep'd for this

Generations of traditions have been passed down

I struggle with this in many ways, being a gay man most especially. I feel a duty to pass this on to my own son, and to help heal people in need as I was taught

I need to embrace this, and this is my first step!

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

that feeling when… the first cuppa is just kicking in, but I know I’ll need moar

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somepx@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

let's start the year with something simple: WINDS is a tiny, legible, extra spaced pixel font~✨

(I've been making fonts for 9 years: with your support I'll try to get to 10. thanks)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/pixel-font-winds-96594946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#pixelart #font #gamedev #assets

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• In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income. (remote)

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daishi@fosstodon.org ("Daishi Kato") wrote:

One thing I liked most with CodeSandbox was anonymous editing. Unfortunately, it's no longer possible with new editor and it's going the other way further.

I want a simple playground for Jotai. Tried JSFiddle. Though, not very pretty. Any idea to improve? https://jsfiddle.net/axlight/9zmjud24/

#ReactJS #React #JavaScript #TypeScript #Jotai

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I can't wait until we have working 3D scanners. If I were to speculate, though, it seems more likely that we will witness the emergence of 3D models crafted by artificial intelligence using photographic data, prior to the widespread availability of 3D scanners as consumer hardware.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

The invisible problem – Scott Jenson:

"Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem very few appreciate."

I am the few. I'm not ashamed to admit (I am) that I do 70% of all my long form writing and editing on my phone. I cannot sit at a desk. I need to hop around.

That said, the user experience for writing on iOS is abysmal. I love that someone is thinking about this and designing potential solutions. #writing #blogging
https://jenson.org/text/

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

Seems like Tangled wasn't a very popular Disney movie and tonight we learned why.

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Daojoan ("Joan Westenberg") wrote:

It is astonishing to me how many incredible ideas, resources and writers I have discovered since deleting Twitter and going all in on Fediverse.

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tippitiwichet ("Gemma Sarracenia") wrote:

Finally went through my footage of pink oyster mushrooms releasing their spores to find the very prettiest part.

#mushrooms #mushtodon #fungi

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• Macro of the underside of the mushrooms, backlit to give them a golden glow. Ribbons of dust rise and wave like glitter against the black background.

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Platformer, formerly on Substack, has moved to the open-source Ghost platform. https://platformer.news

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

The History of the Web - The best stories from the web’s history:

"I have thought a lot about the regular practice of blogging since creating this site and timeline and newsletter several years ago. Blogging as a vital piece of the open web, as consistent and enduring as the web itself. And it’s something I’ve always been drawn to."

What a delightful site. #smallweb https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

RTÉ’s Dave Fanning initiates defamation case after his photo appeared in article about sexual misconduct trial of different broadcaster – The Irish Times

"Mr Cooney said the publication marked “the new frontier of libel law”. His side suspected artificial intelligence (AI) was being used to aggregate news articles and it seemed there was a “flaw” in this publication."

The lawsuit is against Microsoft-owned MSN. I hope the dude ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/01/15/rts-dave-fanning.html

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QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Here's some perspective this MLK Day 2024. President Jimmy Carter is 5 years older than Dr. King. Yet, while thankfully President Carter is still with us, the struggle and life of Dr. King is portrayed as ancient history.

Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”

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

“The withdrawals came a day before jury selection is set to begin in a second trial stemming from the allegations brought by Ms. Carroll, who accused Mr. Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

Mr. Trump recently told The New York Times that he wanted to testify in the new trial, and that Mr. Tacopina had advised him against doing so in the first one — a decision the former president said he regretted.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/us/politics/tacopina-trump-lawyer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

It's my favorite mouse, but I'm so fed up that the coating of Logi's MX Master always dissolves after just a year of daily usage 🙄

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

If you aren't using kitchen shears to cut your kid's spaghetti, you're missing out on one of the all-time great parenting life hacks.