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

“…the U.S. Constitution was fundamentally different from stories that denied their fictive nature and claimed divine origin, such as the Ten Commandments. Like the U.S. Constitution, the Ten Commandments endorsed slavery… unlike the U.S. Constitution, the Ten Commandments failed to provide any amendment mechanism…”

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

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

“History is often shaped not by deterministic power relations, but rather by tragic mistakes that result from believing in mesmerizing but harmful stories.”

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
https://a.co/hhMfoIE

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

“some stories are able to create a third level of reality: intersubjective reality… intersubjective things… exist in the stories people tell one another. The information humans exchange about intersubjective things doesn’t represent anything that had already existed prior to the exchange of information; rather, the exchange of information creates these things.”

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
https://a.co/f0lSJy5

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

‘The two levels of reality that preceded storytelling are objective reality and subjective reality. Objective reality consists of things … that exist whether we are aware of them or not… Then there is subjective reality: things like pain, pleasure, and love that aren’t “out there” but rather “in here.” Subjective things exist in our awareness of them.’

https://a.co/3w9w2RW

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

Wow. My boomer parents' house cost them less than $30K in 1976.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/17/another-day-of-probate-paperwork/

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• My parents' mortgage expense in 1976 (remote)

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

“the naive view sees information as an attempt to represent reality… [says] Misinformation is an honest mistake, occurring when someone… gets it wrong. Disinformation is a deliberate lie, occurring when someone consciously intends to distort our view of reality… [and] the solution to the problems caused by misinformation and disinformation is more information.”

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
https://a.co/i5oWzFn

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lina@vt.social ("Asahi Lina (朝日リナ) // nullptr::live") wrote:

I swear that's how it works!!!

How did you get into programming? ✨

#CyanTechMeme

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

given the current rightward shift in our political climate, today’s history reminder in my mailbox seems particularly appropriate

http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/nov/17

we had better luck last time through this lesson, I think 🤔

Reblogged by cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche"):

cdm@bookwyrm.social wrote:

Review of "Dove" (5 stars): One of the best sailing books

https://bookwyrm.social/user/cdm/review/5405351

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• Robin L. Graham: Dove (remote)

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

EmilySchnall@mastodon.art ("Emily Schnall✨Commissions Open") wrote:

The new Homotherium paper has me very excited and reminded me I made a whole life-size Smilodon sculpture out of paper mache. Here’s my boy #sciart #paleoart

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• Sculpture of a saber-toothed cat, its coat is painted in warm grays with slight rosettes. View from the side with a black cat for scale (remote)
• Sculpture of a saber-toothed cat, its coat is painted in warm grays with slight rosettes. View from the front (remote)
• Sculpture of a saber-toothed cat, its coat is painted in warm grays with slight rosettes. Close up view of the head (remote)
• Sculpture of a saber-toothed cat, its coat is painted in warm grays with slight rosettes. View from the side (remote)

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foervraengd@mastodon.art ("Mirre :mastocheck:") wrote:

Vroom!! #art #mastoArt #creativeToots

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• A digital painting of a jousting knight in ornate shining armor. Theyre riding a motorbike that is equally as shiny and covered in ornamental engravings. Rose petals falling from above. (remote)

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

NPR is middle-of-the-roading RFK Jr's appointment to run health and human services.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/17/et-tu-npr/

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• RFK jr blowing up American health care (remote)

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

tom@tomstu.art ("Tom Stuart") wrote:

I’m happy to see that the GOV.UK Service Manual’s “Building a robust frontend using progressive enhancement” page was updated this week and made it to the top of Hacker News today. The technology industry would collectively save unimaginable quantities of time, money, energy and stress if this single page were required reading for everyone involved in building a web site. https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/using-progressive-enhancement

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

Who needs algebra to rationalize their relationships? Matt Gaetz does.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/17/what-do-you-call-an-innumerate-hebephile/

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• Being nominated to head the DOJ is such sweet revenge after they came after me for “sex trafficking.” The general wisdom concerning age gap dating is to halve one’s age and subtract seven. I’m 42 and have almost never betrayed this general maxim over the last 10 years (remote)

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

benzammour@infosec.exchange ("samir") wrote:

@jfkimmes this works via a new opengraph tag, "fediverse:creator"! Sauce: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Scientific American's editor -- who believes in, you know, science -- told some truth about the condition of America and the looming dark ages of the Trump regime. She used language that was inappropriate, and apologized. That should have been the end of it.

She "resigned" soon afterward.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientific-american-editor-chief-leaves-anti-trump-comments-rcna180400

@laurahelmuth's tenure at SciAm was honorable and important. She deserved better, but of course so do we all.

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violetblue ("Violet Blue") wrote:

Exciting update! It's almost pre-order time.... !

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/violetblue/the-covid-sanity-handbook/posts/4253909

#covid #longcovid

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• Image: a woman in profile wearing an ombre pink to purple respirator mask with her eyes closed on a black background. Top text reads: The Covid Safety Handbook. Side text reads: "We're made to feel separate from society for avoiding covid, but we are far from alone." https://kck.st/3KhdUdS

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

(trying this again because it was pointed out previously toot traced the old site)

Shot:

https://thenewstack.io/new-york-public-library-on-choosing-react-to-rebuild-website/

Chaser:

https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=241117_AiDcAY_3AK-r%3A1-c%3A0&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=full

Main thread unresponsive until ~15 seconds in. The new version *paints* faster, but isn't usable any faster. We're celebrating this a progress?

https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=241117_AiDcAY_3AK%2C241117_BiDcMM_2W7&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=full

It's malpractice to chose Next.js, or any other CSR-premised stack, for delivering public services.

/cc @ricmac

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• WPT waterfall for new Next.js-based NYPL Digital Collections site on a low-end devices and P75 network connection. The main thread doesn't become consistently interactive until the 15 second mark. (remote)

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Took the instant camera out with us this Saturday night

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Quite pleased with my current lock screen.

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• An iPhone lock screen with my photo of my wife looking out onto Windermere, with the clock peaking out from behind the fells in the distance.

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SomaFMrusty@defcon.social ("Rusty Hodge [SomaFM]") wrote:

@jwz Ooh ohh!!! Can I try!!! https://somafm.com/whoami/masto.html

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

MikeTRose@saturation.social ("Mike Rose") wrote:

Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton think today is a great day to #ReleaseTheGaetzReport

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• Statuary in Central Park of Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (remote)

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

bkeegan@hci.social ("Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.") wrote:

The “free speech” party ejecting a journalist from a public meeting because leadership doesn’t like her reporting.

I stand with @fishnette and @coloradosun #copolitics

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• At @cologop state assembly in Pueblo just now, @ColoradoSun reporter Sandra Fish @fishnette. ejected from arena by sheriff's deputy after party's event manager said GOP chairman "believes current reporting to be very unfair" #copolitics (remote)

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

bkeegan@hci.social ("Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.") wrote:

More from @coloradosun on the Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams ejecting @fishnette from the party’s state assembly because he objects to her reporting. #journalism #copolitics

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/06/colorado-republican-party-kicks-out-colorado-sun-reporter/

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

fishnette@mastodon.online wrote:

Interesting how vaccinations appear to work.

http://graphics.wsj.com/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines

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

paperdigits@mastodon.art ("mica") wrote:

Petapixel says Apple is going after the "regular person creative" market again, since Adobe is... Doing things. And everyone hates adobe the company.

But Apple's left you before and you had to painfully migrate to something else. You're just going to go back?

But guess who's been in it for the long run? FOSS creative apps. Been here doing and doing it mostly acceptably for a long ass time.

Sure maybe the UI/UX isn't "industry leading" or something else. But they've never left you for money.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Now reading: the lost stories by Terry Pratchett, published very recently, in 2023. Discovered by chatting with an assistant in my local book store, Brick and Mortar books.

#discworld #terrypratchett

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• Open page, reading: "And through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett. There will be familiar turns of phrase, familiar names, there will be many moments where we see the mind of the Terry Pratchett that was still to come at play."
• Colorful book, Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen, The Lost Stories, lying on a table beside a candle.

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davetroy@toad.social ("Dave Troy :toad:") wrote:

1/There is nothing more embarrassing than watching hordes of liberals willingly herd themselves into a pen funded by Russian capital. Blue sky’s principal funder Blockchain Capital LLC is run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for VK, Russia’s state social network.

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mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Big News

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has just launched its own dedicated Mastodon server, social.freedom.press: https://freedom.press/about/announcements/our-new-home-on-the-fediverse/

"The Fediverse is nonalgorithmic and community-driven, without the potential algorithmic distortions or content suppression imposed by centralized platforms."

All FPF-related activity on Mastodon is now accessible from a single Fediverse server: @securedrop @dangerzone @foiafeed

Hopefully this move will be an example to other organizations.

jwz wrote:

Please enjoy some bar surface crop circles.
https://jwz.org/b/ykdQ

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