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

jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff (of the internet)") wrote:

More drama in WordPress land.

Paid Memberships dev says Matt threatened to take over their plugin "like we did to ACF" when they removed it from dotorg.

Here the full rundown:
https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/leaving-wordpress-org/

#WordPress

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

paninid@mastodon.world ("Sampath Pāṇini ®") wrote:

@hannu_ikonen
The official name of #FAFO is the #ScientificMethod:

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• FUCK AROUND Observation / question Research topic area Hypothesis FIND OUT Test with experiment Analyze data Report conclusions (remote)

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

"This experience is better on the app"

No it's not, because I'm on Android, and I can tell your company only has one overworked contractor maintaining it

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

“how misinformation is used to manufacture a movement”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/28/us/politics/inside-the-movement-behind-trumps-election-lies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V04.U_Ey.v6RwQ4dpPOa_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🚩") wrote:

No, dear website, {task} is not "better using the app".

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

the cat, of course, is trying out the new machine’s sleeve before the new machine

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• black cat sitting on laptop sleeve (remote)

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

I think the bigger screen was a good call

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• laptops sitting side by side, one being cloned from the other (remote)

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

ashur@front-end.social ("🎃 smashur cabrera") wrote:

I voted for a lot of things and a lot of people, but notably for Kamala Harris for President.

I don’t agree with everything she has done or pledges to do. But in my opinion, not voting or voting third-party in protest — this year, in this election — does very little to actually help anyone in any material way, while carrying a very grave risk of putting many, many, many more people in imminent danger; neighbors, strangers, friends, and family alike.

That’s not a gamble I was willing to make.

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

the unboxing of bender.local begins 🎺

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• 7aacac181d18dfed.jpeg (remote)

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

My Mastodon instance has apparently done an upgrade, and the UI is different enough my brain is having a hard time parsing the interface. Faskinating...

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

Regarding LB[1]: Good reminder to listen to Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand".

[1] https://laserdisc.party/@Thomas/113386888163703462

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

Thomas@laserdisc.party ("Night Of The Living Dad") wrote:

Do Zoomers know you're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand?

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

chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com ("Chris Wiegman") wrote:

So long, #WordPress, and thanks for all the fish. https://chriswiegman.com/2024/10/so-long-wordpress/

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

thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot ("This Is My Glasgow") wrote:

I came across this unusual upside down T-shaped keyhole on the door of a Victorian townhouse in Glasgow today. It's for an Odell Night Latch Key, of the type shown on the right. Patented in 1792, they came in a wide variety of different shapes and you put them through the cross bar of the T and then lifted them up. They'd only open the latch if their shape fitted the inverse shape of the mechanism in the lock itself, which sat on the other side of the door.

Cont./

#glasgow #doorfuriture #keys

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• A keyhole in the shape of an inverted capital T, and some examples of the Odell Night Latch Keys which fitted into it. (remote)

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

darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:

Hi Fediverse denizens. I've been working on a project I hope will help Fediverse devs make software that federates across ALL services, not just Mastodon-plus-a-few-others.

It's called the Fediverse Schema Observatory and before launching it, I am opening up a public comment period re: safety and privacy.

This post lays out what the software does, what data it records, and why I think it's safe to deploy:

https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/fediverseobservatory/

Please give feedback here or at the email in the post!

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

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

:cloudcomputing:

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• Old style comic of a lady in a blue jacket looking over her shoulder at someone leaving towards the car. There's a thought bubble above her that reads, "That rotten computer ruined both of our evenings." (remote)

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

Prompted by @nickchomey, added sorting to the table in this footnote, and it was less than 100 lines of modern JS/DOM and CSS:

https://infrequently.org/2024/10/platforms-are-competitions/#fn-failure-on-repeat-2

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

webology ("Jeff Triplett") wrote:

I missed the migrate to Bluesky memo.

Even with Jack Dorsey's departure, I find it hard to place my trust in any company associated with him. It's a sentiment I believe many of us share.

Bluesky only exists today because VC money is rapidly running out. They only days ago took a Series A round, "$15 million Series A financing led by Blockchain Capital" from a Blockchain company.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

So while I DO have a presence there, it'll never be my primary one.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

fraggle@octodon.social wrote:

Hooray, my first edit to OEIS was approved https://oeis.org/A259233

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

This was not a great morning in my teaching career.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/some-days-i-wonder-why-im-doing-this/

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• Can a professor fail an entire class? (remote)

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

good to see live video of the US President standing in line to vote, like any other Citizen

+100

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Rupar:

Tim #Walz on the comedian who insulted #PuertoRico: "Who is that jackwad?"

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

seekrit project UI just needs some cleaning up & it will be teady for beta testing! huh-ZAH!

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

"Communist" is quite possibly the last "C word" I would attach to Kamala Harris.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/there-are-multiple-c-words-you-know/

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• Kamala Harris is a C word (remote)

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

What a jackwad.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/who-is-that-jackwad/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5WVtKxF64M

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

“the Base recently migrated much of its online content to Russian-owned sites or services. The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps de-platform or moderate valuable accounts used for recruitment: retreat to the free-for-all that Russian sites offer.

…western intelligence services are openly warning… [about Kremlin] covert support of far-right extremist groups adjacent to the Base.”

https://mastodon.social/@jockr/113384502385610456

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

jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet | Far right (US) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/neo-nazi-the-base-recruitment-russia

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

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

@queenofnewyork

It's worth noting that you never hear anyone say "I was spanked and it really helped me to understand and grow" no... the line is always "I was spanked and tuned out fine." much like "I played with lawn darts and turned out fine." (I also played with lawn darts, and I would not give them to a child today, knowing what can go wrong)

We don't like to think of our parents making mistakes, so people who were spanked an survived it unharmed have a tendency to defend it.

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

dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

Edmonton police remove encampment with running water, welding area
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2024/10/25/edmonton-police-remove-encampment-with-running-water-welding-area/

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

dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

As America's democracy teeters, and as fascists gather in Madison Square Garden in a sick replay of a 1939 Nazi rally, the founder and CEO of the tiny but superb Mississippi Free Press offers a history lesson, a stark warning, and a vow to resist.

She and her staff have more courage than the Washington Post and LA Times put together.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-as-fascism-looms-the-free-press-must-stand-and-report-in-the-breach/

Please read her piece and share it widely.

(Note: I'm a financial supporter, and hope you'll join me.)