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robrey@mastodon.art ("Rob Rey") wrote:

8 x 6 inches, Oil on Panel
A new tiny painting coming to EveryDayOriginal.com tomorrow (5/20)

An average human cell is estimated to contain 100 trillion atoms and the average human body is estimated to contain 32 trillion cells. We truly are, as Richard Feynman wrote, "a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe."

#starstuff

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

poiseunderchaos@sonomu.club ("Poise Under Chaos") wrote:

Mark Knopfler - All Comers (Official Video)

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

#nowplaying

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

Long drive, short visit, but I'm getting my great-grandfather's old pocket watch repaired!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/19/good-morning-from-the-big-city/

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• Elgin watch mechanism (remote)

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

Sunday morning tunes selection from the kiddo (with some assistance from me). New track from Posy: "Tones and Bubbles".

https://posy.bandcamp.com/track/tones-and-bubbles

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

victory did not come soon enough

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

Justices of the Supreme Court need someone to throw under the bus too

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

neauoire@merveilles.town ("Devine Lu Linvega") wrote:

Brandalism on point.

Shell Oil ad sponsoring British Cycling, defaced meticulously to look as if it authentically reads: "WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH BRITISH CYCLING TO HELP US FAST TRACK THE APOCALYPSE."

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• Defaced shell advert of a cyclist drinking Shell oil from a can. (remote)

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

leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou") wrote:

We’ve always told devs that browsers prioritize what to implement based on dev demand.

There is one exception: #SVG.

SVG is used on >65% of websites. Yet, browsers have been *refusing* to work on SVG, ignoring pressure and pain points from web devs.

#StateOfHTML showed SVG as the top content pain point: https://2023.stateofhtml.com/en-US/features/content/#content_pain_points

Tons of work (SVG 2, fill & stroke, and more) has sat unimplemented for years. At this point, in standards circles, we know not to touch SVG with a barge pole.

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sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

I'll write much more about this later, but... this happened:

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• Me wearing a black hoodie and grey pants, standing next to a farmer wearing an orange reflective jacket and jeans. We're both looking at the camera and smiling. Behind both of us is an enormous piece of space junk - it's 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, with frayed, burned up edges. It's leaning on a white metal wall.

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LaQuadrature@mamot.fr ("La Quadrature du Net") wrote:

The aim of our legal challenge is not to defend TikTok - whose toxic business model is beyond any discussion at this point - but to cut short to the French government's disturbing authoritarian momentum in the name of freedom of expression and communication. To support us, go to: Un recours en référé vient d'être déposé. https://www.laquadrature.net/en/support/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I took a new (to me) lens to San Francisco, the Canon FD 50mm/1.4, which I haven't had a chance to test before going (which I in hindsight realized was not very wise). I shot 4 rolls of film on the trip. Eagerly awaiting the scans to come back from the lab...

#BelieveInFilm

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

Look I get that this is a One Direction song that came out 13 years ago but I still think y'all are sleeping on this one.

Reblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):

bgzimmer ("Ben Zimmer") wrote:

On this day 100 years ago: the first-ever crossword convention! @xor has all the details on Crossword Craze. https://crosswordcraze.today/may-18-1924-convention/

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loren@flipping.rocks ("Loren") wrote:

okay but why ~do~ they make those radios out of ham?

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

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

if one tunes into the background radiation of the fediverse and filters out the noise one is left with a 64kbps ogg of stuck in the middle with you by stealers wheel.

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

hannah@posts.rat.pictures ("Honihan Snawl") wrote:

If you download the raw jp2 files of books on archive.org sometimes you get little pieces of accidental art

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• Someone's hand in front of a page of andre gide's "the counterfeiters" on a scanning bed (remote)

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

koko@yiff.life ("ko 🦊🌸") wrote:

this is literally me when I'm being overtaken by Head Clog

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• snippet of a manual for a DV camcorder, warning about dirty heads. it shows two illustrations of a girl behind some blocky artifacting (remote)

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

Out with the old, in with the new. Couldn't believe how seamless the Home Assistant OS transition was from a backup. Flawless, including HACS integrations!

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• Raspberry PIs, old and new, that serve as our Home Assistant hubs (remote)

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

difficult to pull back after this point:

“Russian court orders asset seizures for 2 major German banks” – DW – 05/18/2024

https://www.dw.com/en/russian-court-orders-asset-seizures-for-2-major-german-banks/a-69121815

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

Boeing shareholders approved a $33M pay package for CEO Dave Calhoun, despite overseeing huge losses and safety problems.

It's the biggest package ever given to a Boeing CEO.

Calhoun is resigning by year's end. Guess what he gets then?

A $45 million golden parachute.

Unreal.

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

Ty Olsson had a much briefer appearance on the show but in terms of character archetypes, this is like if the actors for Xander and Angel got married irl

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

Kids, wake up, the dilfy vampire from Supernatural is bi https://people.com/dj-qualls-reveals-that-he-is-engaged-to-supernatural-costar-ty-olsson-8650310

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Back home after a very busy week in San Francisco. I spoke with @caseynewton, @mmasnick, @harrymccracken, @laurengoode, @chrismessina, @Markoff and so many others. In an age where the old web is gradually getting killed off by AI, there is still hope for the future in the shape of the fediverse.

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

heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Even if you are already aware of the renunciation of the hard right by Granbury, Texas school board member Courtney Gore, do read this story detailing how billionaires are orchestrating a total assault on public education - part of what led Gore to change her positions. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-tim-dunn-wilks-brothers-vouchers-courtney-gore

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

I used to think the most unrealistic thing about HGTV was the dog-walker/poet couple with the $1.5 million budget on House Hunters.

I now realize the most unrealistic thing about HGTV is the idea that there are contractors who listen to their clients and actually build things the right way.

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

lobau@noodle.social ("laurent") wrote:

Productive afternoon cancelled.

#cat

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• Felix, a chonky tuxedo cat, laying on his side in the middle of my desk. You see a keyboard and a monitor on the edge of the photo. (remote)

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

futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

I know that people say it's unethical but I think it's good to let a cat use her instincts for mousing.

(She is such a little obstruction. Will NOT let anyone do ANYTHING but pet her, please help us she is a tyrant!!)

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• A brown tabby rests her head on a computer mouse holding it between her paws. Looking off as if distracted ... as if this were a perfectly ordinary thing to do. (remote)

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

bri_seven@queer.party ("Luci for wry zings") wrote:

if you think queer people must be hidden from kids at all costs or it will turn all the kids queer… you’re kinda just admitting that you think being queer is so obviously much better than being straight that the only thing stopping anyone from being queer is not knowing it’s an option

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

NaMi@mstdn.social ("Nadine Milde :coffefied:") wrote:

Best #Eurovision #ESC2024 performance:

The BBC sign language interpreters

Edit /addendum:
Her name is Clare Edwards!
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/clare-edwards-83002a44

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

simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

Here's the code for the AI counter app I used in my #PyConUS keynote today - it uses vosk and pyaudio to listen through the microphone and increment a visible Tkinter counter any time it detects "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence" https://github.com/simonw/count-ai

Prompts I used to write it are here: https://chatgpt.com/share/58f2352d-1f17-495b-94f1-4eb44cd574b9

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