I just remembered that I ordered a bag of actual coal to use as runners-up prizes in the costume contest in our Nightmare Before Christmas sing-along and it never arrived. It seems it was delivered and stolen. (Mail theft is a problem in my building.)
Someone stole my COAL.
Definitely going on te naughty list.
https://jwz.org/b/ykeN
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media - The New York Times:
"These groups can be broadly defined as people who have a deep distrust of authority and traditional sources of information such as governments, scientists, doctors or bankers. This distrust is frequently rooted in a sense of feeling betrayed or harmed by those authorities. There could be completely legitimate reasons — whether personal, social or ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/08/education-is-key.html
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ayoub@spore.social ("Elia Ayoub (he/him)") wrote:
It’s over for Assad. It’s finally over for the Assad dynasty. I am speechless
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- Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social BREAKING: HTS (The Military Operations Command): "Heads of the intelligence branches in Damascus have completed arrangements with us to take control of the capital Damascus" December 7, 2024 at 10:53 PM & Everybody can reply 34 reposts 10 quotes 66 likes ₫ 44 66 (remote)
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mo@icelandphotos.co.uk ("Mo") wrote:
Once in a lifetime photo.
Towards the end of a fabulous auroral display, a meteor streaked through my shot.
I was literally dancing with joy!Early November 2021, near Egilsstaðir in eastern #Iceland.
ISO-800 f/2.8 15 seconds exposure.#NorthernLights #Aurora #DailyPhoto #WeatherPhotography #AstroPhotography
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- A strong auroral display beginning to break up, creating a swirling mass of green loops and spikes in the lower two-thirds of the shot. Above them, the stars are visible, in particular Ursa Major the Plough (Big Dipper) in the top left. The foreground is a silhouette of gentle hills, some trees are visible on the skyline which give scale. Near the centre of the shot, travelling from upper right to lower left, a sputtering fireball is streaking through. (remote)
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pixelnull@infosec.exchange ("platos_cave.webm") wrote:
remember when ICE is in your neighborhood or in a place you are also in, fuck with them as much as you can... LEGALLY
you help nobody by getting arrested, but you can make it difficult. use your privilege, whatever it is.
"WELL HELLO ICE OFFICERS! ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ILLEGALS?" you scream at the top of your lungs while banging on a bell or trashcan
"they went thatadda way" as you point to the sky
"I DON'T KNOW WHERE [person's name] IS OFFICER! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE [person's description, but wrong]."
"I'm sorry, what did you say?" times infinity as you act like you're trying to be helpful
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
One day I’ll slip this into a client’s color palette and my life’s work will be complete.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
What would the liberal Joe Rogan this of all this
cmconseils ("Laura :bongoCat:") wrote:
:thinkerguns:
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Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:
It’s probably institutionalist of me but I just don’t think that one’s entire presidential cabinet should have conflicts of interest with their personal businesses, be unable to pass an FBI background check, and not be allowed within 100 feet of a schoolyard
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ryan@dads.cool ("Ryan, the Dad Who Loves Coffee") wrote:
turning in my journalist badge. and my journalist gun. my boss is asking where i even got these and saying i’m not even a real journalist. i know, man, that’s why i’m turning these in
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
@ClaraListensprechen4 I blocked you for a reason. Please don't use any other alt accounts to attempt to follow me. When I block this account too it's goodbye forever, okay? Okay good thank you.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Microblog never quite cross-posts how you'd think
https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/07/screenshots-maybe-i.html
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Screenshots
Maybe I start doing “photo dumps” but with screenshots from around the web and definitely not using the term “dump.”
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- iPhone home screen with a picture of a dog. Two text messages from Stephanie. 1: Someone shot a CEO. 2. H-O-T-T-O-G-O
- Black and white photo of person flying through the air on a skateboard. &10;&10;Source: [bsky.app/profile/e...](https://bsky.app/profile/evanmathis.co/post/3lcjjjc7tnc2q)
- Man in a car driving visibly upset. Woman in back seat talking on the phone. Still image from the movie Parasite.
- Keith Olbermann sitting on the floor wrapped in the American flag.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I'd missed this by @simon , but it's excellent and explains why so many calendar-adjacent systems are terrible to use in practice, particularly if you travel:
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/27/storing-times-for-human-events/
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anildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:
The NY Times refuses to cover the murder of Yeremi Colino, which took place in Manhattan the same day as the murder of the UHC CEO, because Colino was an immigrant child killed by a white supremacist who asked whether he could speak English. Just like NYPD refuses to carry out the same kind of manhunt with hourly updates on the killer. They only care about corporate tycoons, not teenagers being killed. This is how they cover for the hate crime.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
STATUS: peeling roasted ‘Elephant Garlic’
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘That Man’ by Caro Emerald onLOUD
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aworkinglibrary@mstdn.social ("mandy brown") wrote:
“It is useless work that darkens the heart.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/living-in-alignment
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense - Ars Technica:
"For example, you could tell your parents, children, or spouse to ask for a word or phrase to verify your identity if something seems suspicious, such as “The sparrow flies at midnight,” “Greg is the king of burritos,” or simply “flibbertigibbet.” (As fun as these sound, your password should be secret and not the same as these.)"
Lol what is ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/07/your-ai-clone.html
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
still true, Tom
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this fork of the Multiverse is very strange indeed
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
that’s a lotta bucks
Two years later.
Want to know one of the major reasons Mastodon didn't catch on with journalists and large website owners?
It is *invisible* in referrer statistics.
Here's my blog from the last month.
BlueSky now sends me more traffic than Bing.
How much traffic does Mastodon send? It is impossible to know due to the "noreferrer" header in all links.
(I'm not saying your privacy isn't important. But you can't grow a community if no-one knows you exist.)
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ziphi@meow.social ("Ren") wrote:
Just checking my Mastodon timeline.
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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
IT EXISTS!!!!
(My first hardback author copies—the Orbit UK edition—of "A Conventional Boy" just arrived.)
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- A photograph of the first author copy of my latest novel, "A Conventional Boy", which will be published by Orbit in the UK in hardcover next month. It's a predominantly red and black design featuring 20-sided and 4-sided dice, tentacles, sinister human silhouettes, and an even more sinister step pyramid with a temple on top. (remote)
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hammerhead@goblin.camp ("✨🍊Orange Feelings🍊✨") wrote:
I jokingly googled “hooters embroidery files” and wow I’ve never hit the motherlode like this
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
There are few places on the web where someone can post a website and people will give really helpful feedback. Mastodon is one of those places.
Thank you all.
From: @fromjason
https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/113609997933720195
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emilylorange@mastodon.art ("Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊") wrote:
This year's Interlude (warcraft fancomic anthology) has been made available for you to read in full for FREE! I was once again able to contribute a story to this collection, and you should take a peak at how hard the team worked :3
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- a comic page featuring four panels, depicting a scene in nature, that appears to be a fantasy elf with green hair tending to flowers tied to a trunk of a twisting tree. First panel: Title card that reads 'Regrowth by Emily L'Orange', and a pair of hands in close up with blue orchids. Second panel: a more zoomed out look at the scene, elf in the front in silhouette with the tree, and cliffs and waterfalls and floating islands in the background. Third panel: elf from about the waist up, fussing with the flowers Fourth panel: someone off to the side yells 'Archdruid! The alliance calls for aid!', the elf looks surprised and confused. (remote)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
People in the video are my very talented friends from improv, Hannah and Cole. I gave them the general idea and they ran with it. Everything in the video is 100% improvised except for the tag line.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Who did this? Lol