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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
We don't appreciate how wicked the snares of Theridiidae spiders are.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/you-have-to-admire-their-cunning/
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jdp23@gotosocial.thenexus.today ("Jon P") wrote:
@fromjason yeah really. solidarity FTW.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I'll never forget that at the height of Latino scapegoating it was leftist trans women who called it out for what it is, unapologetically, and without caveat.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Fortunately in this case, I'm out-of-network.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/so-thats-how-they-missed-me/
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alchemistsstudio@mstdn.social ("The Alchemist") wrote:
Make life 'bear'able again!
This raku pottery bear, 'Dances with Light' is a matryoshka doll of the gay. A little gay bear, made by a not so little gay bear who also happens to be a potter.
rakupottery.ca/product/danc...
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
But it's not meaningful change we seek.
Especially if it requires the least bit of personal sacrifice. We want revenge. We want to see suffering. And if collective punishment is required, then so be it.The idea that there are good states and there are bad states, and if you live in a bad state, well then, you deserve what is coming to you, is white supremacy.
Californians voted to NOT to end slavery.Where are the calls for economic sanctions for our friend in the west?
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We'd sooner see meaningful change if everyone simply swapped their search engine default on their iPhones from Google to DuckDuckGo. Or if we all deleted Facebook in solidarity.
These platforms collect rents, they do not sell a product or service. The economic harm against the working class is far less. Not to mention that Big Tech billionaires are funding so much of our destruction.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
A big reason why l've become so disenchanted with liberal ideology is because for so many, it is utterly impossible to form a collective action plan that doesn't further harm marginalized communities.
It is always revenge, not meaningful systemic change, at the heart of every call to action.
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pixel@social.pixels.pizza ("Eric Vitiello") wrote:
Like the movie? Please consider throwing a few dollars my way: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UDRS35YE4HLXN Thanks!I am the Producer & Direc...
#History #ComputerHistory #Apple #AppleLisa #RetroComputing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psAeTDYezdo
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The precursors to multicellularity are derived from natural processes.🧪
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- a, Plasma membrane-stained (PM) live colonies at distinct cell stages, highlighting the patterned cleavage divisions, tetrahedral four-cell stage and formation of spatially organized multicellular colonies (Supplementary Video 5). b, Actin- (magenta) and DNA-stained (blue) colonies at distinct cell stages showcasing nuclear cortical positioning, asymmetrical cell division (in volume and in time) and the formation of a multicellular colony. (remote)
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Pro-Meta #Fediverse leaders: what's your plan to keep baseless election fraud conspiracies on Threads from flooding the Fediverse?
No criticism for sempai? Didn't Zuck promise us his disinfo days were over? Weren't we supposed to "wait and see?"
Where's the #IndieWeb social guy who works for a political faux grass roots lobbying firm? Surely he knows how to stop this?
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sophiehuiberts@mathstodon.xyz ("Sophie Huiberts") wrote:
remember alphachip, a 2021 google paper that claimed that their RL-based methods outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for chip macro placement?
according to this new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's also been allegations of fraud 👀
https://cacm.acm.org/research/reevaluating-googles-reinforcement-learning-for-ic-macro-placement
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
So that's what it feels like to be in the eye of a storm for four years.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(I was going to post something about Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans", but stumbled on this just moments before hitting the "Post" button. So everybody wins.)
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Whoa. A Beth Gibbons concert inside France's national library:
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Oh hai, London.
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ploneconf@plone.social ("PloneConf 2024") wrote:
🚀 Exciting news! Érico Andrei will present "Plone + pytest: Tips and tricks" at #PloneConf2024 on 29-11-2024 at 11:20. Don’t miss out! 🎉 Check it out here: https://buff.ly/4eiX4Yo #Plone #Python #PloneConf2024
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- The image features a blue background adorned with colorful geometric shapes in green, yellow, and light blue on the left side. At the center is a circular photograph of Érico Andrei, who has a beard and is smiling, dressed in a white shirt. Above the photo, the text “TALK” is prominently displayed in bold white lettering, followed by “Plone: Backend” in smaller white text. Below the photo, the title “Plone + pytest: Tips and tricks” is in bold yellow letters. The bottom right corner includes a QR code, and there is a banner indicating the event as "Plone Conference Brasília + {Python} Cerrado." The overall design is vibrant and professional, perfect for a conference setting. (remote)
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jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:
Lazyweb: I know that, technically, any computer program can be represented as a finite state machine, and we can model state machines if we choose to, but is there a programming language or syntax that explicitly embodies that paradigm?
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leemeade@mastodonapp.uk wrote:
"The American right is a brittle coalition led by a handful of plutocrats who have convinced a large number of turkeys to vote for Christmas."
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
An electric guitar is perhaps the quintessential Twentieth Century object.
Such a combination of woodworking, analog electronics, iconic mid-century industrial design, not to mention its cultural impact. It was all very earth-shaking at a time, and now it has this vintage quality to it.
(image captions in alts)
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- one of the two most iconic guitar designs: the Gibson Les Paul. Named after jazz musician Les Paul, who is remembered by his musical and technological innovations and for his TV show with Mary Ford. Les was a pioneer of multitrack recording and his prototype "log" guitar gave rise to the solid-body electric guitar, in which the thin body relies purely on the electronics to produce sound, doing away with the thick resonance box a with hole, typical of an acoustic guitar.
- a wiring diagram for the electronics on an electric guitar
- one of the two most iconic guitar designs: the Fender Stratocaster, created in the 1950s and named after a previous model called "Broadcaster" (alluding to the novelty of television) and "stratosphere", as a nod to the space age.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
understatement of the week:
“Based on Mr. Trump’s first term and his comments during the campaign — including his praise for Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, for what he said was Mr. Musk’s willingness to fire striking workers — these experts say the new administration is likely to bring fewer challenges to employers who fight unions.”
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Don't say I'm damned for all time.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/a-theological-dilemma/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
@squizzleflip @taylorlorenz The right move is individual system disruption. If each of us covertly and secretly disrupt systems as much as possible in 2025, it can bring a regime down.
During times of slavery equipment often got broken. Oops. Things got lost. Oops. Schedules were held up. Oops.
Covert, non-violent disruption at every opportunity.
Don’t tell a single soul what you did.
And don’t buy anything from billionaires. Shop local.
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Daojoan ("Joan Westenberg") wrote:
seeing the inevitable chorus of folks blaming trans issues for harris losing.
without googling, name a single pro trans policy that Harris ran on.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Oof. Now Threads is promoting links to fake election fraud videos on the FYP.
I'm telling you, this is the same attack as 2020 and now the tensions are high, the left is falling for it just like the right did.
We would've laughed at this four years ago.
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
It's astonishing how even our social media platforms are becoming more politically segregated and how a criticism of that platform can be viewed by some as a critique of a political ideology.
Like, just be X is bad doesn't make Threads "good"
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We know there are non-latte liberals who believe Trump is a threat to this country right? We remember the dude who tried to assassinate him?
Maybe we want to be a little more thoughtful in our discourse when blaming an oppressed group for the demise of our democracy?
Maybe a little more discretion from News shows watched by millions?
We gave you Lin Manuel Miranda and this is how you behave?
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hannu_ikonen@zeroes.ca ("Hannu Ikonen") wrote:
As MAGA *continues * to try and gain acceptance in r/punk, punk fans continue to set them straight.
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- Conservatives! This is why you will never be a punk. You seem to have a misconception about what it means to be punk. Let me fix that for you. Being punk is more than just being anti establishment. Being punk is about accepting the downtrodden misfits and outcasts of society. Because ultimately that’s what everyone here is. Punk culture is a safe haven for the type of people you look down upon. We are the queers, the minorities, and the autists that you insult, harass, and disenfranchise. If we want our culture to remain safe for ourselves and those like us. Then we have to exclude the people who make it unsafe. Which is why you are not welcome here. So, disrespectfully, take yourselves and your fascist friends and get the fuck out. (remote)
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touk@smores.town ("Touk") wrote:
this was the best thing I ever tweeted
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- tweet 9/21/16 screenshot "going to post some unassigned emoji codepoints and see how they look in five years" and after every word there is a [?] (remote)
- same tweet, approx 5 years later, now every [?] is displayed as a new emoji such as coconut or zebra or germ or smiling face with teardrop (remote)
![tweet 9/21/16 screenshot "going to post some unassigned emoji codepoints and see how they look in five years" and after every word there is a [?]](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/109/751/450/859/192/193/original/d3ea156a765d0177.jpg){kind=link}
![same tweet, approx 5 years later, now every [?] is displayed as a new emoji such as coconut or zebra or germ or smiling face with teardrop](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/109/751/451/729/428/854/original/fcb2060ef23e9cc3.png){kind=link}
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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:
tl;dr is pronounced “teal dear.” i don’t make the rules