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

InfoSecSherpa@infosec.exchange wrote:

I shared this first on my personal Facebook page so that family and close friends can be reminded of the information swirling around may not be true and that scammers pounce on opportunities like this.

There is a lot of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM) surrounding the horrific Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.

- Use your analytical skills when consuming information, especially in a disaster type of situation.
- Don't contribute to the MDM cycle by passing along unverified information.
- Be wary of fundraising campaigns related to the Key Bridge. Scammers are opportunists at times like this.

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency's MDM Library
https://www.cisa.gov/mdm-resource-library

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

mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael W Lucas¹ :flan_mail:") wrote:

One of my favorite experiences is when I'm reading and I encounter a sentence that expresses the truth in such a way that I stop like I've faceplanted into a wall. It's so perfect that I need a moment to contemplate it.

On rare occasion, I write a sentence that hits me like that. Can't plan for it. Can't even claim that those sentences are original, because it's a big world and there's a whole bunch of people out there saying things.

But in this last blog post I wrote "Betrayal is the Internet's business model," and... I think I need to go sit down for a few.

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

spaceghoti@universeodon.com wrote:

"If he [Trump] were any other person, he would have been sentenced to prison many times over with no real hope of release: Sexual assault. Decades of fraud. Attempted extortation of a foreign leader. Stealing classified documents. Flagrant acceptance of what very much looks like bribes. Attempting to overthrow democracy. Inciting a violent riot that got people killed."

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/26/loves-to-play-the-victim--ny-appeals-bailout-shows-hes-the-most-coddled-person-alive/

#politics #uspolitics #nevertrump #getoutthevote

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

mvario wrote:

Wife Of Judge In Abortion Pill Case Worked For Anti-Abortion Group Behind Lawsuit. That's Normal, Right?

https://www.wonkette.com/p/wife-of-judge-in-abortion-pill-case

> And getting sworn in at Harlan Crow's place, that's normal too yeah?

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

textfiles@mastodon.archive.org ("Jason Scott") wrote:

Then there was the time the creator of Prince of Persia stopped by the Internet Archive to help Brewster Kahle get better at playing Prince of Persia:

https://blog.archive.org/2024/03/26/a-visit-from-and-conversation-with-jordan-mechner/

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

noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

French company Delair will produce and transfer 400 UX11 and DT26 reconnaissance drones to Ukraine. The contract for their production has already been concluded.

https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/comment-delair-et-ses-drones-ont-tape-dans-l-il-du-ministere-des-armees-pour-l-ukraine.N2210391

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Democracy Docket:

BREAKING: Federal court dismisses lawsuit from #Pennsylvania Republicans alleging that President Biden and Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D) efforts to expand voter registration in the state violated the U.S. Constitution.

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

iryna@mstdn.social ("Iryna") wrote:

As Western politicians procrastinate, once-inhabited areas in Kharkiv Obl are becoming ruins & graveyards due to intensifying russian attacks. The responsibility for the bloodshed lies not only with the russians but also with those who deliberately delay military aid to Ukraine.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I want off Mr. Boeing’s wild ride.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The hydraulic system broke, we landed safely and are now being towed but it’s never a pleasant experience when a pilot has to say “don’t panic”.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Fucking Boeing

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

kdvncm@techhub.social ("Keith 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇮🇪🇺🇦") wrote:

Gift Article

#GiftArticle

Opinion Please, everyone, welcome the Joker to the Gotham news team!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/26/ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-joker-satire/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzExNDI1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEyODA3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTE0MjU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjljMTcyZTZjLTVjY2QtNDFlNy04YjI1LTdkODVkNDgzYjE4ZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI0LzAzLzI2L3Jvbm5hLW1jZGFuaWVsLW5iYy1qb2tlci1zYXRpcmUvIn0.GEor9l3rXZkt3ow5j8_KhAfpP2C-KLTQnrE0hPELWu0&itid=gfta

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ringods@hachyderm.io ("Ringo De Smet") wrote:

@slightlyoff in the same line:

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/03/12/nobel-laureate-economist-angus-deaton-capitalism-power/

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

ColleenDoran ("Colleen Doran") wrote:

HOW COMICS WERE MADE. This looks brilliant. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/how-comics-were-made/description?fbclid=IwAR1i4PJImB4DAPzsoJhtgkndjOkBmbYdeCbLneavlCgqSGT2Bt_uzz5MIt8_aem_AcTQFjal6m5UISLz2pZItFoYqJkS8SgYixU0zAHv3P1NnkyIAb6sA4LZvREkeAbpTjFevVYEprPcOZyZjzrQRlmU

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Thinking about launching a newsletter where I search for the best of the old web— articles, posts, PDFs and other oddities.

Does that sound interesting?

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

I'm working in an old scientific field, one that's been writing papers since at least 700BCE.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/26/wilsons-principles-of-teratology/

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Me desperately trying convincing myself not to launch into a 30 minute rant about the internet at a dinner party

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• Still from the movie Romeo and Juliet at the Capulet party where Juliet's father is speaking to Tybalt who is wearing a devils costume.

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

owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

In-App Browsers subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites and enable applications to severely undermine user privacy🪲🕵️

In-App Browsers hurt consumers, developers and damage the entire web ecosystem👎

👇Read our regulatory submission
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/in-app-browsers-the-worst-erosion-of-user-choice-you-havent-heard-of/

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

A new Ani DiFranco album on May 17th!

https://anidifranco.bandcamp.com/album/unprecedented-sh-t

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mhd@tilde.zone wrote:

The new #picotron seems to confirm my theory that desktop GUI programming is now #retrocomputing

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

I was part of an acquisition at Flywheel, almost exactly five years ago, by WP Engine. "Nothing's changing," they repeatedly assured us.

Today, I can't even find a reference to Flywheel in a cursory search of the company's website. I hear most of its office space has been leased out, and they just went through another round of layoffs.

"Nothing's going to change" might be true in other, less short-sighted industries. But in tech, it's always a lie.

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

While looking for a subject to draw, I came across a black-winged stilt. A bird with cartoonishly long legs. They're so unbelievably long that I realized after I had complete most of the sketch that I had made my bird's legs too short even though I was trying to be mindful of their length. 😆

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-winged_stilt

#drawing #yaombaaa

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

There are few things in the world you should trust *less* than a CEO in an acquisition, promising "things aren't going to change."

Yes they fucking are. You just took VC money. That's how it works. VCs buy things to extract money from them. Change is a VC's goal, and they will fire everyone in your organization and strip mine it down to the copper in the bathrooms without a second thought if it gives them the ROI they want.

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

I was going through my notes looking for a different video and came across "Godzilla vs Mito Komon"

"The classic student film by Osaka Art University student Shinya Takeshita from around 1991. See the most amazing one man Godzilla film ever made as Shinya Takeshita plays everyone and everything in this movie...!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NQX6bSp4A

Seems like something that y'all should play just before a #Monsterdon movie. 😆

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

dansup wrote:

Pixelfed was my first real open source project, I didn’t know what I was doing or getting myself into

I was working in the automotive industry at the time, I dreamed of doing web dev full time, and because of Pixelfed I was able to get a full time job which I still have today, and y’all helped make that possible!

I’m forever grateful to the #fediverse for helping me grow to become the developer I’ve always aspired to be!

I promise I’ll make it up to you 🚀

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

Gemini is claiming a context window of up to 1M tokens… that would be A Big Deal

#AI

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I'm a firm believer in Inbox Zero.

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Once upon a time I sent in a Linux change that fixed hundreds of typos in the kernel's sources & documentation.

Guess how that worked out.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I should probably mention, although it all belongs on the blog, that I’ve approved a 1,000 of these to be produced based on the polls I posted here. It’s a conservative number based on the amount of votes, but better sold out than wasted! It’ll take 20 weeks and we’re going to work with a EU and a US warehouse to keep shipping costs lower for most.

#Merchtodon #Plushtodon

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Not traveling alone.

#Merchtodon #Plushtodon

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