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

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

good morning fediverse. :cofepats:

there have been a ton of great bands built from a group of friendly session players over the years.

this one, Tokyo Groove Jyoshi, is absolutely incredible. Juna Serita on bass is astounding.

here's their cover of Tower of Power's "What Is Hip?"

and, well, this is.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tA8PKx09ao8&listen=false

:blobpats:

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

I had a tiny bit of joy the other day when I had the opportunity to introduce the kiddo to "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)"

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

Just trying to raise the kid right.

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

I actually don't have to hand it to 'em, and also what is the "it" in "gotta hand it to 'em"? Is it context dependent? Like if you're angry, it's a bag of flaming crap, and if you're happy, it's like a trophy?

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

Gotta hand it to a company that can manage to make aspects of a product that are probably just cost reductions and turn them into desirable bullet point features.

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

That's a first. A politician admits that worms are eating his brain.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/08/politicians-making-icky-confessions/

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• neurocysticercosis (remote)

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

Did you know that some loons think Grendel, from Beowulf, was a T. rex? Yeah. Really.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/08/grendel-was-a-t-rex/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BBYAMZ3hqo

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

"It is worth recalling that the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010 without a single Republican vote."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/magazine/401k-retirement-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

Opinion: "In the arms race for eyeballs, showing skin has been colonized by a desire for clicks, the only real currency in an attention economy. Nudity has finally been denuded of sex.

Some might see all this as progress or a sign of body positivity. But a notable aspect of the new sartorial nothingness is that no one seems to be enjoying it very much."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/met-gala-celebrities-nude.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

Creationism has stopped being funny, because it is so patently bogus already.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/08/its-gone-past-funny-to-depressing/

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• "Linguistic evolution is a lie! God made the languages as they are today and they are unchanging!" (remote)

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

Saw a video titled "Why are open source alternatives so bad?"

When they're good, they're not described as alternatives. They're just the thing.

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

rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's classified documents case, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

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

paul@oldfriends.live ("Paul Chambers") wrote:

2/ I'm sure others can add or even help me with anything I got wrong, or how I can improve this, but here is what I did today out of urgency to scale my Mastodon Sidekiq processes and jobs after getting backlogged twice this week.

#MastoAdmin
cc @trendless @shanie

https://gist.github.com/p37307/fcd57ba2bea46c2b3e6095ed21e800d1

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

Yoshi@toot.community ("Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦") wrote:

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• Political ad for Ruben Gallego for US Senator to replace $$$inema. Caricature of gallego in camo holding m-16 to symbolize usmc combat veteran. In other hand holds Arizona state outline. American flag on right shoulder. Caption "I got your back" in English and Spanish (te apoyo.) CC License BY, NC, ND (remote)

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

Yoshi@toot.community ("Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦") wrote:

Do you know any of these guys? This was on the balcony of the old French control tower at #Danang, #Vietnam, ca 1969. I'm the good looking guy holding the camera. The #VA is adamant I get tested for #AgentOrange exposure. I don't need no steenkin' tests, I know I was exposed. I'd like to know if any of the guys in the pic have had cancer or other AO related effects. I keep telling the #VA, at my age, I'm gonna die sooner than later but now, I'm curious. Thanks.

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• Thirteen US GIs plus one Vietnamese Air Force sergeant standing on balcony. Most dressed in Vietnam era fatigues, some holding cans of beer with Danang Air Base in background. Circa 1969. (remote)

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

w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

A federal jury in Florida has convicted a former US Army soldier for the murder of a pregnant, 19-year-old fellow soldier on an Army base in Germany more than 22 years ago. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-cold-case-murder-military-base-germany

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

there are few things more shattering to basic trust than being betrayed by a fellow soldier. it took over two decades to convict this person, and I hope they are put away for at least that long.

https://journa.host/@w7voa/112402346802284901

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

Teri_Kanefield ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:

@Edelruth @JonChevreau

I just joined a group of lawyers doing voter protection work for the election.

Getting angry while watching TV doesn't do anything to help.

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

talk about amusing stealth mktg…

https://gizmodo.com/powerful-new-gpt2-chatbot-mysteriously-returns-1851460717

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/imagoodgpt2chat-mystery-xYxag03iS3Kw5GPjnAxTNw

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

spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

This is #WitnessIntimidation and it needs to be stopped.

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• Transcript from 5-7-2024 THE COURT: I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that's contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that. MR. BLANCHE: I will talk to him. THE COURT: So, I am speaking to you here at the bench because I don't want to embarrass him. MR. BLANCHE: I will talk to him. THE COURT: You need to speak to him. I won't tolerate that. MR. BLANCHE: I will talk to him. THE COURT: One time I noticed when Ms. Daniels was testifying about rolling up the magazine, and presumably smacking your client, and after that point he shook his head and he looked down. (remote)
• Trump exploding in court sketch style by @thegreatgig8 The Great Gig in the Sky using AI prompts. (remote)

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

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

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• When I say, "Does that make sense?", it's not because I don't think you're smart. It's because I think that I am incoherent. (remote)

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

mmmmmmmm

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• ec7b1d53ee76514e.png (remote)

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

I want us to think longer term & focus on great product

https://arghstudios.com/

https://youtu.be/P4VBqTViEx4?si=CXluOpU0F1A72_E6

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

Chrishallbeck ("Chris Hallbeck") wrote:

Paint the shed.

These comics are made possible by the generous support of my subscribers at Patreon! https://patreon.com/chrishallbeck

#comics #webcomics #funny

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• Person 1: I’m gonna go paint the shed. Person 2: What? I said I was gonna do that! Person 1: I know. But you didn’t. Person 2: I even set a reminder on my phone! Person 1: You mean well, but I can just do it myself. Person 2: Look see! “Paint the shed” on April 20th. I’m only like two weeks late! Person 2: Oh... April 20th 2018.

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

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

There are 600,000 children in Rafah. They have nowhere else to go. If you support an invasion of Rafah, you're saying the lives and well-being of those children don't matter.

If you saw those children as your own, opposing the invasion wouldn't be a question. If you don't see them as your own, it's because they've been dehumanized to you. Otherwise no person with a conscience would look at an innocent child, let alone 600,000 innocent children, and agree they deserve to be bombed and killed.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

#Meta employees speak out against bias, censoring, and reckless policy at their workplace.

Metamates For Ceasefire https://www.metamates4ceasefire.com:

> Most recently, questions about investigative reports indicating the possibility of governments, ISPs, and coordinated bad actors using Whatsapp data for military targeting have been met with dismissive and insufficient responses or outright deleted throughout internal forums.

Any #Fediverse leaders want to break their DNAs and stand up against Meta, or?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Meta employees speak out against bias, censoring, and reckless policy at their workplace.

Metamates For Ceasefire:

"Most recently, questions about investigative reports indicating the possibility of governments, ISPs, and coordinated bad actors using Whatsapp data for military targeting have been met with dismissive and insufficient responses or outright deleted throughout internal forums. "

Any Fediverse leaders want to ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/05/07/meta-employees-speak.html

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

"React is, for the vast, vast majority of organisations…objectively worse than many of the alternatives.

React meta-frameworks…are never going to outperform dedicated server frameworks or tailored front-end code.

They make hiring easier but they also make it easier for management to fire your entire team and replace you with something cheaper.

So it doesn’t matter if it’s worse. …Tech management will sacrifice technological progress if it disempowers labour."

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

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

This is shockingly on point re: React.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

/via @baldur

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

davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:

Big news: I’m happy to share that yesterday I started a new job at Microsoft where I'll be working on web components for Fluent UI.

I've had a long relationship with Microsoft – from Paravel helping to build the first responsive version of their homepage in 2012 to the whole 5 year "#davegoeswindows" stunt that Rey Bango coordinated for ShopTalk – and this feels like a nice new chapter in that story arc.

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:

Since this seems to be easy to miss even though it's been in my profile here and in other places for a while: hey, I'm non-binary, and my pronouns are they/them.

Just wanted to make you aware of that fact, if you weren't before.