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

When I first learned about the Tulsa race massacre, I was ~40 years old. It was from the HBO *Watchmen* series, and at first, I thought it was a made-up part of the comic's alternate timeline, just like the US winning Vietnam, and Nixon getting reelected. I had no idea it was real.

I know several people who went to school their whole lives in Oklahoma; most say it was never mentioned, in any class, at any level.

That's how ingrained that same racism still is, 100+ years later.

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

This is worth the read just for the examples.

Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things @ tonsky.me
https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We don't need the DNC to parade Hillary Clinton around the news circuit anytime Trump gets his upcomings, so she can say "told you so."

Fuck. Off.

She is so obviously drenched in contempt for working class folks. At least in the nineties she used crime and "super predators” as her excuse. Today, she barely tries to hide it anymore.

I swear to god, I wish Hillary Clinton would shut the fuck up forever.

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

Sources. Here's a TL;DR in video form:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7oySzpueb5/

One thing not covered in that video is that Kris Hansen was not the first scientist at 3M to investigate PFAS. She was instructed by her boss to investigate PFAS and essentially duplicate studies 3M had already conducted in the past. 3M also knew it was toxic before her time there.

ProPublica report:

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

One person *can* make a difference, but one person cannot save us from systemic problems.

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

sadly, I think he is correct

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/06/magazine/walter-mosley-interview.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-variants-lda-eng30s-alpha-0.03&alpha=0.03&block=editors_picks_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=585678333&impression_id=41223cf0-a8a0-11ed-ac89-7b0f427c1a9b&index=2&pgtype=Article&pool=pool/e76d7165-92f7-4bd2-bc6e-298322d3680a&region=footer&req_id=357894050&shadow_vec_sim=0.12833467725389625&surface=eos-home-featured&variant=0_pers_bandit-refined-lda&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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tixie@guerilla.studio ("Tixie Salander") wrote:

text-overflow: ellipsis; is not a good content design solution edition 9872628

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• Yahoo!finance news title cropped : “Disney offers something that streaming competitors 'are not offering,' anal...” (remote)

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

Reading about the situation with PFAS and how 3M knew it was being found in people's bodies as early as 1970s and knew it was toxic but buried the information.

How many more examples do we need of corporations doing things that are antithetical to life itself? It seems clear that no set of laws, regulatory pressure, or good people on the inside will ever stop it. The problem is in the very structure of these companies. They can't do the right thing. They're not designed to.

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

Black eyes on a black body in a dark hole.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/01/skuld-is-sulking/

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• Black widow hiding (remote)

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

The fantasy of a machine that makes itself smarter to infinity and beyond, is a kind of perpetual motion chimera IMO.

We have a lot of work to do to understand the human mind, and the minds of other thinking creatures. We can only *then* apply those lessons to design new minds.

We don't get to just magically skip The Work.

Why not start with ants? They are smarter than they have any right to be.

Tell me how the mind of the smallest ant works: I will believe in your thinking machines. 6/6

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

Had this song pop into my head yesterday. I decided to start my morning with it. Commodores' "Night Shift", which is a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs

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

Keep your eyes open, and maybe you'll spot the tiny yellow orbweavers that are colonizing everything right now.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tiny-araneinae-105368590

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luna@pony.social ("luna @ emfcamp") wrote:

So #emfcamp had a pop-up #MathsJam evening, and of course I brought another lightning talk — enjoy!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GfCRA6zmRFo

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

Kent Hovind gets excoriated in a podcast. Familiar ground, but entertaining.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/01/kent-hovind-will-hate-this/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhAVBNcSy0

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

È uscita l'intervista che ho rilasciato al #SaloneDelLibro dove ho presentato il mio #romanzo #SciFi "Il Grande Collasso" - #fantascienza #scrivere #letture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ5mgheKXQQ

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brbennett@hachyderm.io ("Brie Bennett") wrote:

Thanks to @bcantrill and @oxidecomputer for extending the invite. I had a great time!
https://mastodon.social/@ahl/112533486581869823

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Last #AsianHeritage month tidbit since it’s ending

The “alphabet ordering” in Japanese is largely due to Sanskrit ordering

> The order of consonants and vowels, and the grid layout, originates in Sanskrit shiksha (śikṣā, Hindu phonetics and phonology), and Brāhmī script, as reflected throughout the Brahmic family of scripts. Specifically, the consonants are ordered from the back to the front of the mouth (velar to labial)

#india ‘s influence stretches far

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojūon

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ieure@retro.social ("Killing Jelq") wrote:

I've seen *a lot* of C64 demos, and 13:37 by Fairlight knocked my socks off. I was consistently hollering "duuuude!" at the effects, but it's also got great humor, a terrific art style, inside jokes, and cinematic storytelling. One of the best I've ever seen.

The #C64 demoscene is so impressive to me. They just keep pushing this machine farther and farther. This demo would have been unfathomable even ten years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcUmVdd_t2s

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punkpaleo@sauropods.win ("H. Pettijohn") wrote:

Happy #FossilFriday, check out this Allosaurus fossil with amethyst growing at its center! It's likely water rich with silica and a touch of iron leeched into the bone during the fossilization process, allowing the growth of crystals over time. (1/2)
#paleontology #geology #dinosaur #allosaurus #science

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• The end of a gray Allosaurus limb bone sits against black fabric, its open center facing the camera. Inside the bone, light purple amethyst crystals have grown in a pattern reminiscent of bone marrow. Below the fossil, an orange sign states, "Allosaurus fragilis with Amethyst". (remote)

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

if I understand the way this works, the Judge was not supposed to pay attention to Trump’s speeches during the trial, but during the sentencing phase the Judge is supposed to pay attention to whether the guilty defendant has taken responsibility & shown remorse for their crimes. Trump clearly has not and feels no remorse.

you are guaranteed freedom to speak, but not freedom from consequences.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/31/nyregion/trump-news-guilty-verdict?campaign_id=57&emc=edit_ne_20240531&instance_id=125074&nl=the-evening&regi_id=469685&segment_id=168388&te=1&user_id=6cc316e785b1e2df05a2b9277b3f3b0f&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

yup, cowards

"They did not immediately offer guidance on how Dr. Baxter could protect herself legally or file a discrimination complaint under the Fair Housing Act. Representatives with both HUD and the National Fair Housing Alliance advised that this should have been their first step."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/realestate/race-home-buying-raven-baxter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

Chávez Ravine, Ryland Peter Cooder

https://music.apple.com/us/album/poor-mans-shangri-la/68058218?i=68056084

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donpixote@masto.pt ("Don Pixote") wrote:

Podem fechar a Internet para o resto do ano porque este tipo ganhou esta porra toda.

Bom fim-de-semana

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• Post de Darren McKeenan, com um print do famoso post do "covfefe" do Trump: Omg I figured it out. On this day he was time travelling in his own brain like Hodor from Game of Thrones. CONVICTED FELON CONVICTED FELON CONVICT FELO CONV FELO FELON CONVFOFELO CONVFELOFE COVFEFE (remote)

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JonBaker ("Jon Baker") wrote:

I guess I just wanna see Florence & The Machine fight against Rage Against The Machine in a cage match

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scumsuck@blorbo.social ("magdalene 🍌") wrote:

Finally done painting this!!! A mythological sphinx in the shape of a hairless sphynx cat. Watercolor, graphite, and ink on 6x9 bristol board.

Next to do: scan this in and edit it to print and cut out for June's Sticker Club.
https://ko-fi.com/scumsuck

You can also buy the original painting on my site 🐱
https://store.scumsuck.com/products/Sphinx-Cat-Original-Painting-p666688527

#traditionalArt #art #sphinx #sphynx #cats #watercolor #painting

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• Watercolor painting of a sphinx with wrinkled bald skin and featherless wings. (remote)
• Closeup on the head of the painting. (remote)

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xkcdbot@botsin.space ("xkcd bot (now with alt text)") wrote:

title text: My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.

(https://xkcd.com/2940)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2940)

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

Not all marketing involves evil, but most evil involves marketing.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

More from Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA

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• The trunks of two sizeable redwood trees in shade, with an open area covered in small vegetation in between.

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

Welp, better get back to work. These computers aren't gonna touch themselves.

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

The first time I saw the plot in this post:

https://fursuits.online/@tilton/112520922377723411

I was all, "*chuckle* Too true!" Then I saw it a few more times and began to realize that may be the general shape of the curve for all programming languages ever. 🤔

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

The most complex organism on the planet so far known!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/31/behold-the-most-complex-creature-in-all-of-creation/

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