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ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

holy shit!!!!! a paper on autistic burnout!!!!! among other things demonstrating that it's a real phenomenon and not the same as depression or job burnout

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2019.0079

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weatherwest ("Daniel Swain") wrote:

At latest update, #ParkFire has covered >240,000 acres (~375 square miles) in <60 hours. A line from point of ignition to northernmost front currently stretches ~45 miles. Astonishing. If you receive an evacuation order, even if fire seems far, heed it. #CAfire #CAwx [1/2]

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queerfemmedyke@strangeobject.space ("jade") wrote:

Just keep growing. 🌱

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• A four panel comic in black and white, cartoony. A person stands in front of a gift. “A gift from the universe.” They open it to a black ball. “Difficult life lesson.” They persons says: “Ohhhh…Another one…” Then they throw it on a pile of black balls and say “…Thank you…”. Artist: Sarah Anderson (remote)

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NanoRaptor@bitbang.social wrote:

The one, only, and best Altoids.

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• A picture of a tin of Altoids Surströmming flavoured mints on a white background. (remote)

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stephaniewalter@front-end.social ("Stef Walter") wrote:

Draw an iceberg and see how it will float! We often draw icebergs vertically, with a little tip above the water, and a giant part under the water. This doesn’t work, it wouldn’t float, because of mass distribution. If you want to have fun, draw your best iceberg, and see how it would actually float!

https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html

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• A drawing of vertical iceberg that needs to be horizontal to float (remote)

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

To be absolutely clear, no one can prove that JD Vance keeps dolphin porn in his spank bank.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/27/it-has-not-been-proven-that-jd-vance-is-a-dolphin-porn-fetishist/

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• Editor's Note: This headline and story have been updated to reflect that there's no definitive proof Sen. J.D. Vance searched for "dolphin porn."” (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Greetings from #RadarFestival! #TesseracT

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• Band on stage

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

There are many theories to explain this paradox. One especially good theory came from the late David Graeber (rest in power), in his 2012 essay, "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit":

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit

Graeber proposes that the growth of IT was part of a wider shift in research approaches. Research was once dominated by weirdos (e.g. Jack Parsons, Oppenheimer, etc) who operated with relatively little red tape.

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vmaderna@mastodon.art ("Victoria Maderna") wrote:

Today's artist: Ferenc Pintér (1931-2008)
#FromTheInspirationFolder

Another big favorite (yes I have many!).
I'm always blown away by his masterful work. The bold shapes and carefully crafted compositions, the fantastic combinations of organic/geometric and textural/flat, the moods. Just so unique.

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• Illustration by Ferenc Pintér. (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

In Grasmere, on a bridge over the river Rothay.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
👤 Wife
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #TheLakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

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• A woman with dark hair, wearing a beige trench coat, leans on the stone edge of a bridge, sticking her tongue out mockingly to the camera man.

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

‘… an invitation-only charity organization for rich Christians, aims to take dominion over what it sees as the seven major spheres of public life, which it calls “mountains”: business, science and technology, family, arts and media, church, education and government’

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ziklag-secret-christian-charity-2024-election

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

nut-jobs and rewriters of history:

https://www.propublica.org/article/jd-vance-alex-jones-leonard-leo-teneo-maddow-video

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

How not to acknowledge a professional colleague: "I am adding your name not because I think you deserve it or are entitled to it, but because it is the noble thing to do."

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/27/dont-be-that-professor/

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• Charles Conteh (remote)

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

Starting my morning reading about vacuum decay because fire and ice aren't the only ways for the universe as we know it to end.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/vacuum-of-space-to-decay-sooner-than-expected-but-still-not-soon-20240722/

Fire and Ice:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44263/fire-and-ice

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ShaulaEvans@zirk.us ("Shaula Evans") wrote:

I'm trying to track down a specific song to share with a friend, and I am blanking on both the name and the band, so I'm asking Mastodon, here goes:

Does anyone recall the name of the song by the contemporary Mongolian folk/rock band about a guy who loves his tractor?

Update: Thank you to @cassana! It is Shono with Kolkhozoy Traktor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQFn8HvUJW0

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

Do you want to watch two invulnerable, bloodless superheroes stab each other with sharp objects over and over again, for two hours? Then you'll love Deadpool & Wolverine.

I didn't.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/27/someday-ill-learn-to-ignore-marvel-movies/

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• Deadpool and Wolverine movie poster (remote)

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fafo@fa-fo.de ("FAFO Updates") wrote:

Hello, world!

We are FAFO, a non-profit semiconductor and analytical chemistry research lab in Munich.

We exist to bring together people and tools necessary to advance not the cutting edge of manufacturing, but the cutting edge of making bathtub semiconductors and other Weird Hacks in your local hackerspace.

We've just rented out our first location and brought in a gorgeous 1980s JEOL T330A SEM. Restoring it to working condition is our first project, and this is where we'll keep you posted.

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• A Jeol T330A SEM (two pallet-sized modules: a column and a control module) standing in a mostly empty room. Panels from the column module are missing, and cable harnesses are still tied up with painter's tape. (remote)

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

Skepticon 16 is happening today!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/27/im-missing-skepticon/

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• Skepticon logo (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Windermere in the morning.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #TheLakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Windermere

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• A large body of water with a red boat in it. Behind, a landscape.

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

This sounds like it will be a fun presentation. "Joe Grand, Creating The World's Thinnest Boombox":

https://calagator.org/events/1250481171

#pdx

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setiinstitute ("SETI Institute") wrote:

#PPOD: NASA's Juno captured this unusual and extraordinary view of Jupiter from the gas giant's southern hemisphere during perijove 32. The white storms are the so-called "strings of pearls". They are about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of Earth each. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / AndreaLuck

#jupiter #space #science #communityscience #scicomm

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• Picture of Jupiter taken from the southern hemisphere by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Five white storms can be seen tracking across the planet, with four in one row farther south and the fifth a band above.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Lily Tarn. Currently occupied by exactly two friendly ducks (not pictured).

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
⚗ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes

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• A small body of water filled with water lilies.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A note on #Plushtodon. The stuffed toy isn't a representation of "the one" Mastodon. It's "a" Mastodon. When you get yours, you can pick their name and pronouns! Mine is a boy 🙂

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eamon@social.coop ("Eamon") wrote:

Ok folks. I need to know about the open source web-based Git front ends that people are using in 2024. Which ones have you used? Which have you liked?

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

AAAAH! OpenAI software engineers are paid HOW MUCH?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/26/were-talking-big-money-here-sam/

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• Sam Altman looking stupid (remote)

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sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:

Reminded of some terrible old limericks I wrote a while back. I apparently never posted this one, so here it is. If you don't get it, be grateful.

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• There once was a poem called PoETeX That's name sounded somewhat /pə'θɛtɛk/. It was really quite sad, to see pronunciation so bad, And to read such a terrible /'lɪme(ə)rɛk/! (remote)

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enzo@photog.social ("Enzo Giordani") wrote:

A brown falcon taking to the skies in rural Victoria (Australia) yesterday.

#birds #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdPhoto #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #photography

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• A light brown and beige raptor stretches its wings skyward as it lifts off from a wooden fence post. (remote)

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annika@xoxo.zone ("Annika Backstrom") wrote:

shadow the edge hog

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Zumbador@mefi.social wrote:

Can't remember if I shared this here before - a fantasy short story I wrote when I first realised that I'm autistic and had to decide whether or not I'd try for official diagnosis.

Scorched

“Okay. Here we are, then.” Monica pulled the car to a gentle halt. “Now, you’re sure—”
Appel already had her seat-belt unbuckled. She suppressed her impatience as her mother put a hand on her arm.
“Sweetheart, you’re sure-sure that you don’t want me to come in with you?” Monica said earnestly. “You know I don’t mind…”
*Click click click click click click click.*
The turn indicator was still on, the sound nagging at Appel’s attention. 
“It’s fine, Mom.” It took an effort to keep her voice calm and relaxed. She smiled and glanced at her mother’s eyes, establishing that moment of intimacy she knew Monica expected and valued.  “I need to learn to do these things by myself, don’t I?”

Read the rest of the story here:
https://mashadutoit.com/2022/08/30/scorched/

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #Fantasy #ShortStories

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seaotta@toot.cafe ("Stephanie 🔮 Web Witch") wrote:

I’m ashamed to admit it finally just clicked why Safari PWA support is lacking. Was just scrolling through a Reddit thread and someone was complaining about PWA support in Safari & the money from the App Store.