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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

jeffcutsinger@tenforward.social ("Jeff Cutsinger") wrote:

In light of the Internet Archive losing its appeal to hachette, I just wanted to point out some websites you should avoid:

* https://annas-archive.li/
* https://downmagaz.net/
* https://ebook-hunter.org/
* https://forcoder.net/
* https://freemagazines.top/
* https://liber3.eth.limo/

If you were to download books from these websites, you might cut into hachette's more than three billion dollars of annual revenue. So make sure to avoid those websites and the following:

* https://libgen.is/
* https://oceanofpdf.com/
* https://pdfroom.com/
* https://pdfstop.com/
* https://pdfdrive.to/
* https://pdfmagazines.club/
* https://sci-hub.se/
* https://singlelogin.re/
* ... or any of the other sites listed at https://rentry.co/megathread-books

#internetarchive

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

markotway@mastodonapp.uk ("Mark Otway") wrote:

@fromjason PumpkinBeth: www.pumpkinbeth.com

(disclosure: she's my wife 😁)

Reblogged by fribbledom ("muesli"):

awilfox@mst3k.interlinked.me ("🌈 A. Wilcox delicately") wrote:

I have done The Thing.

https://catfox.life/2024/09/05/porting-systemd-to-musl-libc-powered-linux/

I have ported #systemd to #musl. Properly. Passing all tests, properly. Booting my 2012 Ivy Bridge in 3.2 seconds, properly.

I'm aware of how unpopular this will be in some circles. But change does not happen without competition, and musl environments deserve more than what they have right now. systemd isn't a panacea, it isn't even that great, but it's here, it solves real issues people have, and it's now an option. Not a requirement, but an option.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

mhoye wrote:

I sort of love that these two vehicles have the same bed size.

The Kei's is actually a bit more useful because you can fold down the sides.

An electric Kei could be a game changer in cities.

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• da95979311ccd2d9.png

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

Russia loves the right-wing bias of online media.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/05/i-missed-out-on-the-action/

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• Dave Rubin & Tim Pool (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Liz Cheney is a bad person whose power struggle with Trump for control of the GOP ended up with her and Kinsinger being excommunicated. Like Nikki Haley, they represent virtually no one. The GOP doesn't want them and Democrats don't need them. They aren't useful and Democrats need to stop trying to rehabilitate them. They're just a different flavor of Nazis and their approval should fill anyone with shame.

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Note that this release also includes the fix for CVE-2024-43402, which was announced yesterday: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/09/04/cve-2024-43402.html

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.81.0 is now available! 🦀✨

This release brings you better sorting implementations, the Error trait in #![no_std], #[expect(lint)], std::fs::exists, PanicInfo::message, Duration::abs_diff, IoSlice::advance, and more! 🌈

Check out the announcement: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/09/05/Rust-1.81.0.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Daring Fireball

"I have so much respect for Cheney. Her father too, but he’s retired… And nothing — not climate change or the environment, not reproductive rights, and certainly not fucking tax rates — nothing matters more than support for democracy itself and the rule of law."

The tech community deserves better than John Gruber. https://daringfireball.net/

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

smart move… be done with it and move on with your life:

“Hunter Biden to change plea to guilty in federal tax case”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/sep/05/us-elections-live-kamala-harris-debate-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-66d9d2c08f08da0c09ad3a45#block-66d9d2c08f08da0c09ad3a45

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

shaver@hachyderm.io ("Mike Shaver 🤷🏼‍♂️") wrote:

@tedmielczarek @slightlyoff @heydon if your organization could not seriously consider building a basic version of React/k8s itself, it is not equipped to deal with the complexity costs they will incur

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

uspolitics ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:

Goldman Sachs Says Trump Win Would Lead to Economic Downturn

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/goldman-sachs-economic-downturn-trump-1235094814/

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

dansinker@threads.net ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

There's evil in *every* society but only one that lets 14-year-olds readily gain access to semiautomatic weapons.

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• Photo by Dan Sinker on September 05, 2024. May be a Twitter screenshot of newspaper and text. (remote)

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

markmccaughrean ("Mark McCaughrean") wrote:

Here's the second set of three images from the very close flyby of Mercury by ESA & JAXA's #BepiColombo mission last night.

As ever, it was a great pleasure & privilege to be with the mission team last night as the spacecraft made contact after the flyby & downlinked the data, & then to discuss what the images show with scientists across Europe & Japan.

Full images & article:

2/2

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• A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.
• A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.
• A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.

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

kenbauer@fosstodon.org ("Ken Bauer Favel") wrote:

#educoffee starts in about an hour from now at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, 5pm UTC.

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

tweaked project to read ports and passwords and such initialization/configuration stuff from a file instead of hard-coded... cleanup time from being lazy earlier

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

I did not expect black widows to be so pretty.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/05/the-more-you-know/

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• black widow (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

njr@mathstodon.xyz ("Nick Radcliffe") wrote:

@fromjason - Tim Bray, Ongoing, https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/, ( @timbray)

• Molly White, Citation Needed, https://mollywhite.net & https://www.citationneeded.news (@molly0xfff)
• John Gruber, Daring Fireball, https://daringfireball.net, ( @gruber)
• Michael Tsai, https://mjtsai.com ( @mjtsai)
• Rachel (“by the Bay’”), Writing, http://rachelbythebay.com/
• Manton Reece, Microblog, https://manton.org, @manton
• Tina Roth Eisenberg, SwissMiss, https://swiss-miss.com
• Craig Hockenberry, https://furbo.org
• Dann Luu, https://danluu.com

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

vantablack@cyberpunk.lol (":FediPact: vanta, the fedipact girl :FediPact:") wrote:

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• "billionaires should not exist" and there's a guillotine and molotov but with like legs and arms and faces the artist signature is just a pac-man style ghost that says 2023 (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Visual representation of me getting the fuck out of Florida.

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• Art by curioscurio of Hatsune Miku running down I-4 away from Orlando while wearing a Micky Mouse baseball hat, sunglasses, bikini top, jorts, knee banage + bandaid on her shin, and blue & pink crocs. She is slightly sunburn, carrying a plastic Publix bag, and eating a Publix subway sandwich while firing a pistol blindly behind her. You know, normal Florida shit. (remote)

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

Today in History: First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, 1774

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

Today in History: St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland, 1980

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

Today in History: US President Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 (so-called "missile gap" was false interpretation of the data)

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

Today in History: Raquel Welch born, 1942

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

torgo ("Daniel Appelquist") wrote:

Got something nice in the post from @letsencrypt. Want one, or just want to support encryption on the web? Donate at https://letsencrypt.org/donate/. 🔒👕

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• A black t-shirt featuring the Let's Encrypt logo with the words “Let’s Encrypt” on the sleeve.

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

Today in History: King Louis XIV of France born, 1638

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

‘Trump is facing four federal felony charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging that Trump knowingly lied about the 2020 election by spreading claims that “were unsupported, objectively unreasonable, and ever-changing.” Trump has indicated his lawyers will enter a not guilty plea on his behalf during a hearing on the case on Thursday.’

https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C_iaxLnxfpZ

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

‘Fuentes noted that if Trump knows that he lost the 2020 election, then he “deserves to be charged” by special counsel Jack Smith for his efforts to overturn the results of the election.

“That actually vindicates the DOJ charge against him!” Fuentes declared. “Because the charge is that he knew he lost but he lied to defraud the people.”

“So, why did we do Stop the Steal?” Fuentes demanded to know.’

https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C_iaxLnxfpZ

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

once upon a time, I too was a Regular Army Sergeant… although of the Signal Corps and not the Cavalry, and perhaps one or two years later than Sgt Armstrong

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• cdab9d521a585fa6.jpeg (remote)

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

Small town newspapers are a treasure trove of ignorant creationist nonsense. My local paper is relatively free of it (thanks to the horde of collegians living here), but Marshall, Texas gets the worst of it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/05/i-expect-better-of-retired-professors-jerry-hopkins/

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• Creationism Billions of years plus natural selection? Impossible. Six days plus Magic Beard Man? YES! (remote)