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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:
This is poetry
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Mastodon Feedreverseics@infosec.exchange ("K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedjonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:
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- [butterfly meme, denoting an anime character receiving a butterfly into their hand, usually meaning they are receiving something whose meaning or identity they dramatically misperceive, labeled with "is this {x}" where {x} is the thing they (incorrectly) think the received item is] butterfly: "free hit counter server shuts down" character: "everyone who gets mad online about technology" bottom text: "is this enshittification?" (remote)
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darkuncle@infosec.exchange ("Scott Francis") wrote:
If “the purpose of a system is what it does” [0], we need to have a hard think about:
* health insurance
* social media
* advertising
* the tech sector
* banking and finance
* capitalism
* society
* governmentsAnd quite a few other things. If we are to judge based on observed outcomes, we should (as a society) be demanding some changes.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
About to launch my new freelance website (after I proofread tomorrow).
What do y'all think?
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(And yeah, the God thing didn't stick with me after that. So it goes.)
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I have to admit my experience as a child matches some of these studies.
https://skepchick.org/2024/12/its-still-ok-to-lie-to-your-kids-about-santa/
Me: [confronting my mom about Santa at 7] So Santa isn't real is he?
Mom: No he's not.
Me: Tooth Fairy?
Mom: No.
Me: Easter Bunny?
Mom: No.
Me: God?
Mom: Oh no, he's real.
Me: [thinking to myself] Really?... 🤔
It was valuable to learn that even people I trust most in life are capable of lying when it suits them, which might include "bringing joy".
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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:
Gustave Doré (1832-1883), La Nuit de Noël (Christmas Eve), black ink and gouache on paper, 75x51.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay. A magical scene. Yes, sentimental and sweet, but perhaps not too saccharine. #arthistory #christmas #art
An interesting note about the artist, who, besides his work as a painter, engraver, book illustrator, sculptor, is considered the father of the comic strip.
From the website Lambiek Comix-Strips: “… in his career, he was also an important comic strip pioneer. Four text comics by his hand were published in comic book format: 'Les Travaux d'Hercule' (1847), 'Trois Artistes Incompris et Mécontents' (1851), 'Les Dés-Agréments d'un Voyage d'Agrément' (1851) and 'L'Histoire de la Sainte Russie' (1854). Particularly ''L'Histoire de la Sainte Russie' is seen as a highlight in comic history. Doré elevated the still young medium through inventive experiments with lay-out, text, image and comical exaggerations.” https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dore_gustave.htm
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
tailscale@hachyderm.io ("Tailscale") wrote:
Let's say you've got a service you want to get onto your tailnet. What's the move? We've laid out some options in order of just how Tailscale-y you want to go https://tailscale.com/blog/four-ways-tailscale-service/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=owned-social&utm_campaign=devrel-social
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I've been using last.fm since 2008 and the only device in my possession that isn't scrobbling is the record player. It is a bit amusing that for how privacy-conscious I am in all other ways I'm happy to share what I listen to, when, and how much. But that's the thing, it's my choice.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I'm a bit sad that last.fm isn't more popular. To preempt, yes, it's still a centralized commercial company, but at least it's agnostic about where you listen to music. Instead, most people have their listening habits locked within specific streaming platforms like Spotify or YouTube Music, and rely on them to make that information available to them once a year...
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Cartoon time!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/06/trying-to-be-unambiguous/
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HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:
Once upon a time, a brash outsider entered the Oval Office with a promise to “drain the swamp.” He brought in a posse of businesspeople, led by a leading industrialist, to work like “tireless bloodhounds” to root out inefficiencies in Washington’s vast bureaucracy.
It was 1982, and President Ronald Reagan’s Grace Commission began its quest to get rid of hundreds of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.
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noupside.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Renee DiResta 🆒") wrote:
Vibe shift!
Pre-emptive allegations of fraud - which had been pushed for months by right-wing elite election truthers like Elon Musk - simply evaporated after Trump won. Why might that be? What would have happened if he’d lost?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh/post/3lco3rsshek2c
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mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:
Get Mastodon For Christmas
Family has been pestering, but don't really want anything except a couple sweatshirts. 🤔 Then boom! 💥 Why not ask for Mastodon for Christmas? 🎁
So asking people to donate $25 each to Mastodon:
- Instance server: Check https:// [your server] /about
- Mastodon GmbH Trust and Safety Lead: https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon
- Mastodon GmbH: https://patreon.com/mastodonWhy not. 🤷
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is amazing
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bruno_j_navarro ("Bruno J. Navarro") wrote:
Universal healthcare coverage in the U.S. would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives as well as hundreds of billions of dollars through the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
And there you go! Pomegranate dusting sugar for a festive cup of cocoa. The photo with the actual cocoa is coming after Christmas :-)
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Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
There's a slight difference in color after a couple of minutes in the oven, and I think I like the result. The downside is that individual crumbles got fused together and it needs to be crushed again, which is going to reintroduce some of the dullness.
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Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
After 3 days and some chopping I got this. This is already good, even though it lost the Christmas-y red color and became pink. On the other hand, this way it's more evocative of pomegranate. It also still tastes like it, so that's good.
But let me see if I could bring back some sheen and sparkle by trying to quickly melt the surface level at 320°F.
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
CEOs seek protection after UnitedHealthcare executive shooting: Kroll:
"“An executive is the face of the organization,” he said in an interview. “A CEO is the lightning rod that attracts the ire regardless of the product or services sold.”"
Pretty sure no one’s looking up the CEO’s name for Yankee Candle. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/ceo-protection-unitedhealthcare-new-york-shooting.html
Mastodon FeedToday I blackholed a telco's whole /13 to get rid of one homophobic troll, how's your day going?
Mastodon Feedclaytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:
Of all the founding fathers, Ben Franklin would immediately get this entire scenario
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Mastodon Feeddbattistella@mstdn.ca ("DB 🇵🇸 🌎🌏🌍") wrote:
Terrified CEOs is nature healing.
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Mastodon Feedhannu_ikonen@zeroes.ca ("Freddie Oversteegen Was Right") wrote:
My my.
Be careful what you wish for when you're a fucking violent, bigoted dipshit I guess.
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Mastodon FeedDNA Lounge Update, Wherein we drown in a sea of "one-time expenses"
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/12/06.html
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Moist von Lipvig has a lesson for every banker and insurance agent.
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Mastodon FeedWong Ping: Anus Whisper.
https://jwz.org/b/ykeJ
