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

TFW you try to fake it 'til you make it only to realize you were already unknowingly faking it, so now you're faking squared and very confused.

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

I think I shall never see a bird as lovely as Latrodectus.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/15/birds/

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• House finch (remote)

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

The colonies invented the whole problem of colonialism!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/15/colonialism-just-an-imaginary-problem/

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• Graham Linehan: ‘Colonialism’, another American obsession. The Irish Left doesn’t have a single thought unless Americans had it first. (remote)

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

I have an aversion to royalty and redcoats, I guess. Typical American.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/15/bloody-kings/

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• Very red portrait of King Charles (remote)

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

olimex ("Olimex") wrote:

RVPC is Risc-V retro like computer with VGA and PS2 keyaboard and Woz like monitor which you can Do It yourself and cost EURO 1.00! It's for people who want to learn RISC-V https://olimex.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/meet-rvpc-the-world-lowest-cost-open-source-hardware-all-in-one-educational-risc-v-computer-with-vga-and-ps2-keyboard-which-will-be-available-for-diy-soldering-workshop-on-open-fest-in-sofia-this-year/ #riscv #oshw #retrocomputing #retrogaming

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

I'd ask the last ecosystem thinker to turn off the lights when they leave Mt. View, but most of them were already laid off:

https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/

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

I prefer SSOWSIA over DRY.

"Say something once, why say it again?"

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

grissallia@aus.social ("Allie of the Overflow") wrote:

What’ll really bake your noodle is when you realise how much DARVO is not just weaponised by angry men, but it’s been built into the structure of society.

It’s not that corporations spent decades colluding to bury the evidence of climate change, it’s that you don’t recycle enough.

It’s not that companies have repeatedly cut corners & staff to increase profits, and C-suite salaries, it’s that you don’t work hard enough to justify a salary increase.

It’s not that governments have collectively and consistently preferenced the wealthy landlord “investor” class in their policies and made housing precarious and unaffordable, it’s that you ate too much avocado toast.

It’s not that the economy is structured around having a permanently unemployed pool of people, it’s that people are lazy just don’t want to work.

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

I like to assume the song is written from the perspective of an industrial robot who has fallen in love with one of the people that works with it.

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

I saw a picture of a Rambler and suddenly the beat of this song popped into my head. Ben Vaughn's "Heavy Machinery":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XRlKD_Yuww

Possibly appropriate as part of a mixtape for that certain someone.

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

SteveBellovin@mastodon.lawprofs.org ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

How you know I live in an academic neighborhood.

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• The back of the SUV. On the portion below the rear window, there is a design with some leaves, flowers, and birds. More important, there are a variety of equations, e.g., $H = \sum_i p_i log b p_i$. (remote)

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scifurz@mastodon.art ("MicroWriting Wolf") wrote:

'Its belly is its weakness.'
'But we did attack it there and it didn't work.'
'You weren't supposed to attack, but rub.'
'Rub?'
'Gently rub.'

#MicroFiction

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

Catelli@mstdn.ca wrote:

Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

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davew ("Dave Winer ☕️") wrote:

The Supreme Court is helping Trump the same way Pecker did. There should be a jury hearing Trump’s defense for January 6.

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

setting up for weekly local voice net on 50.250 MHz USB... it will be interesting to see if I can get out, despite the antenna being tangled up in a conifer

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Chrome is shipping page transitions that work with regular non-JS-overloaded web pages.

Now I need to figure out how to use this without going full-PowerPoint.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/view-transitions#cross-document_view_transitions

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

evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

I see that everything is going fine over at the Hellsite.

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• A screenshot from twitter showing a post "I'm just check to see if this place is really treating cisgender as a slur now" that has triggered a warning before posting that reads "This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules." (remote)

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taylorlorenz ("Taylor Lorenz") wrote:

“At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/army-officer-resigns-gaza-israel.html

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maxleibman ("Max Leibman") wrote:

I'm sorry I was unable to take your call, but if you leave a detailed message after the tone, as soon as I am available I will stare in disgusted amazement at the new message notification, muttering, "The fuck do they want?" before going about my day.

#voicemail #PhoneEtiquette

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

50years_music@mastodon.online ("50+ Music") wrote:

"And the Beat Goes On" is a 1979 single by the American music group #TheWhispers. The song was their first of two number-one singles on the #SoulChart, and their first Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 19. "And the Beat Goes On" was the group's only number-one song on the dance chart. It was also their first and biggest hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 2 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://youtu.be/fOaxEa5ONJw

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

It sucks that good mobile games just basically don't exist.

All we have are microtransaction casinos, and relentless adware.

Occasionally, I'll find a rare decent game that isn't either of those, but it's always clearly made for a tablet, illegible and unplayable on a mobile screen.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

First 5-miler in a year. https://runkeeper.com/cardio/edbd031b-f58d-478e-a294-7e6fde2a8fa9

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

I know it's ridiculous, but I genuinely distrust a bank if their website doesn't have a favicon.

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

My five-year-old often wants a band-aid on any scrape, bump or bruise, even if the injury is not bleeding and wouldn't otherwise call for it.

He swears the band-aid makes it feel better, even though I know it's actually doing nothing. So I usually just give in, because although it's mostly pointless, having it there lets us both move past it and focus on other things.

Anyway, this is a story about most of the automated testing I've encountered in my dev career.

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

My house has several of these flower-encrusted cobwebs on the outside, nestled in various corners. These are the homes of Parasteatoda, which are tiny little guys right now. They'll get bigger, and their homes will get fancier. 🧪

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/14/what-a-pretty-home-you-have/

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• This is a spider nest, for a little cobweb spider (remote)

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

did not fully extract my antenna from that tree before the rains closed in, so we’ll just have to see if I can tune a conifer up on 6 meters tonight

https://images.app.goo.gl/jq1EPTj7G75w3mAU7

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Authentication with U2F keys (AKA Fido or Yubikey) works well for me. It's phishing-proof and as easy as tapping a button. I'm not in a rush to try #Passkeys.

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Ranjit@friend.camp ("ranjit") wrote:

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Raven tapping at your chamber door
All your life
You were only mourning for the soul of lost Lenore

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

Announcing the Real World Cryptography Paris meetups!

➡️First meetup: June 12!

➡️Call for talks deadline: June 3!

Our goal is to bring together enthusiasts, professionals, and academics to discuss the latest advancements in cryptography. Whether you're an experienced cryptographer, a software engineer, or someone with a keen interest in the field, our meetups offer a platform to learn, share, and network.

Register and submit your talks!!! https://cryptography.paris

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

I truly believe that Jack Dorsey believes he has the ability to create life.

I think he thinks of #Twitter as something he has literally spawned. And if not as his child, a wooden boy he will soon make real.

That's why he cosplays a deity. That's why he pretends to give a fuck about freedom of speech, because he gave the world his only begotten son, and no one should be deprived of his sentient code puppet.

That, and, he wants to kill digital privacy so the FTC stops being mean to him.