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

“Humans couldn’t forge an intersubjective reality that their brains couldn’t remember. This limit could be transcended, however, by writing documents. The documents didn’t represent an objective empirical reality; the reality was the documents themselves.” [3/3]

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
https://a.co/ibih5RF

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

“In oral cultures, intersubjective realities were created by telling a story that many people repeated with their mouths and remembered in their brains. Brain capacity consequently placed a limit on the kinds of intersubjective realities that humans created.” [2/3]

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

“whether true or false, written documents created new realities. By recording lists of properties, taxes, and payments, they made it far easier to create administrative systems, kingdoms, religious organizations, and trade networks. More specifically, documents changed the method used for creating intersubjective realities.” [1/3]

jwz wrote:

Welcome to Heist Town.

Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's Trucks Hijacked with $1M of Tequila
https://jwz.org/b/ykdS

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• Screenshot

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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• DS9 scene. Young Jake Sisko is pictured wearing civilian clothes not a uniform because he's not an officer just a lad finding himself and life and meaning on a deep space space station. Here, he's kind of smiling and lost in thought. Closed caption reads, "Listen to me... I'm actually rooting for a plague."

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i0null@infosec.exchange ("Hacker Memes") wrote:

can’t win them all i guess

Attachments:

• "Distracted Boyfriend" Meme: Former Twitter Users eyeing up Bluesky, whilst Mastodon GF looks on in disgust. (remote)

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kevinteljeur@mastodon.online ("Kevin Teljeur ❄️") wrote:

Guys! GUYS! IT’S HAPPENING, AWWW YEAH

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• Screenshot: iOS notification from Amazon app, title: Back in stock, "lomega 250MB External ZIP DriveUSB", from your wish list, is back in stock. Take a look now. (remote)

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

caveat: this is super-early test software, and no guarantees are made that it will not make your computer halt and catch fire.

on the other hand, I think I have it locked down enough so outputs will be child-SAFE, so it will give you EFFECTIVE storytelling advice, and so that it is TRUSTWORTHY bout not tracking anything but whether your browser is currently logged in or not.

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

okay
the username/password challenge
is in place
and will “stick” until you
restart the browser
(or I restart the server)

I will fix it so it does a real “logout”
Real Soon Now
but this will do for now

username: tester  
password: password

[https://arghstudios.com:50433][3]  
(and select “Login” from the menu)

please try it out...
during this early test period
getting folks to use it
to get real story ideas
for telling to real kids
would be super useful

thank you very much

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timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

from @bcantrill: “Blogging through the decades”:

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2024/11/16/blogging-through-the-decades/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Resin printers and the current educational level of society don't mix well.

"But it says water-washable on the box, surely that means I can just flush it down the sink!" -- a YouTuber with millions of subscribers.

😵

#3dprinting

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JesseSkinner@toot.cafe ("Jesse Skinner") wrote:

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon & the Fediverse whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

sometimes cool URIs don’t change but other times you must burn previously cool URIs to the ground so they can’t be further monetized for evil 🔥

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

I made a throw-away comment in my talk last week about how AMP was based on lies -- which doesn't seem controversial at this point? But it remains poorly understood, and there has been a fair bit of correspondence in response.

Trying to decide if I should write up how AMP robbed publishers of opportunity, not just scarce tech budget.

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docpop ("Doctor Popular") wrote:

Or maybe this text is better?

Attachments:

• A drawing of Elon musk in a spacesuit. He is floating in space. Two hands are coming out from the sides of the image and pulling on Musk’s helmet. These hands are referencing the hands in the old (and pornographic) “Goatse” meme. Words on Musk’s helmet say “GoatsX”. Words under him say “space billionaires”.

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MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:

Election 2024: Which S.F. voter guides got what they wanted?

Despite a narrative that San Francisco is moving into a more conservative era, organized labor and progressive voter guides aligned best with the choices made by San Francisco voters in the November races. That was a shift from the pattern in the March primary, when more conservative political groups like GrowSF, TogetherSF and the San Francisco Republican Party were the most successful endorsers.

https://missionlocal.org/2024/11/sf-election-endorsement-success/

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streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

Real Talk 'Advertisement'

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• An activist-designed faux advertisement on a subway car window critiques NYPD actions, stating 'SKIP THE FARE? EXPECT THE DEATH PENALTY' and alleges that on September 15th, the NYPD shot four people over a $2.90 fare, challenging viewers with the stark juxtaposition of a typical payment system advertisement and a grave accusation of police violence. (remote)

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davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ("David Revoy") wrote:

Thanks again to everyone who came to my Krita workshop at the Capitole du Libre yesterday. Here's a drawing for you 😉

#cdl2024 #krita #sketch

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• A digital drawing in black and white of a cosy dragon wearing a vintage nightcap, glasses and holding a teacup in front of a fireplace. She is smiling. On her lap, a crochet kit. (remote)

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

On Today's Oxide and Friends,
@ahl and I are going to be joined by Piotr Sarna and @cynthiadunlop to talk about technical blogging -- and their forthcoming book, Writing for Developers. Join us, at a Europe-friendly (ish?) time: noon Pacific. (Which is to say: in a little over two hours!)

https://discord.gg/anFxCbZC?event=1307965176363876383

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Greg@social.coop wrote:

Do I know anyone who uses an electric dumset?

I'm a former drummer. Had a set as a kid but never since leaving for college. Now I have a kid who wants to learn and we have ZERO space for a real set. I'm sad. I hate it in SoCal.

But, if you have any recommendations on what to look for and/or avoid in this space, I would greatly appreciate it.

Boosts OK!

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mathiasx@mastodon.xyz ("Matt Gauger") wrote:

Ok, it’s time to look for a smaller instance to migrate to, from mastodon.xyz
No one is complaining about spam from here right now (compared to mastodon.social), but there are a lot of users. And I think I’d like a local timeline with relevant-to-me conversations.

Anyone taking applications for some place to talk about programming, solarpunk, books, or sustainability/resiliency?

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mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:") wrote:

This. All of this. Times several million.

https://medium.com/@GregPogorzelski/the-thing-about-the-kobayashi-maru-4d5e1e49993e

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

I think this opinion piece (audio) provides much food for thought

https://www.nytimes.com/audio/app/2024/11/18/opinion/trump-orban-autocracy-hungary.html?referringSource=sharing

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

America is ruled by caprice and money, apparently. Who would have guessed?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/18/sale-of-infowars-halted/

Attachments:

• Alex Jones (remote)

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pave_the_earth@girlcock.club ("Sierra R, "Botfly Mother"") wrote:

a mime, a clown and a jester walk into a bar. everybody claps because they are respected members of their local community and everyone at the bar have all at different times found solace in the unique joy each of the 3 brings to their little town

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

Thirst for Coca Cola fading…fading…fading…gone.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/18/have-an-uncanny-christmas/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0Y-GisSeM

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

In case you missed it, Apple has been using age limits to unfairly discriminate against third party browsers:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios-age-restriction-blocks-all-browsers-except-safari-breaks-choice-screen/

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

The next target: the NIH.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/18/goodbye-nih/

Attachments:

• Jay Bhattacharya (remote)

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FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Just a little bit frustrating to read people saying "the Fediverse should have starter packs" when I've spent the last four+ years hand-curating recommended accounts to follow on @FediFollows and https://fedi.directory

I'm not the only person doing this kind of initiative, the Trunk directory (https://communitywiki.org/trunk) was the first, and the Fediverse.info directory by @dansup (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) is an automated way for people to add themselves to suggested lists.

We already have these things on the Fedi, people just need to ask around and discover them, and let their friends know about them.

#Fediverse

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

Picked up an Instax camera this weekend and I gotta say it was insanely fun playing around with it. Prosocial since you can take photos of family and friends and just give them the film to keep. This was also a hybrid model, so you could keep digital copies/apply digital effects. Highly recommended! Hoping to fill out this album over the coming months with friends, outings and more

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• fbc8151015f37b53.jpeg (remote)