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

Time for another gang of atheists to discuss the thorny problem of good and evil. It's the Christmas season!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/14/today-freethoughtbloggers-discuss-the-problem-of-evil/

https://www.youtube.com/live/tJwCg_xqZ5c

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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Woah woah woah! Too fast

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• Illusion of a box within a box made of a bunch of boxes, except someone is holding the middle box. "holy shit stop scrolling so fast" (remote)

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

squeak(const_cast<🐭*>(🐸));

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• Macro shot of a squeaking desert rain frog. via: x/@gunsnrosesgirl3 (remote)

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davidoclubb@toot.wales ("David Clubb") wrote:

In a Wales-first (and possibly UK-first?) I've created a micro-server for Mastodon to enable local primary school children to explore social media in a safe environment. It's not connected to any other server, so only children and teachers from that school can create an account.

I'll be sharing my experiences in a blog post in due course, in case it's of interest to others. Would love to have another Welsh language primary school interested so we could have multiple schools collaborating!

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• A screenshot of a mastodon feed with one post by David Clubb, describing in Welsh that it's the first post from the administrator (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn’t consider the case specifics. - POLITICO:

"Conahan was convicted in 2011 of funneling juveniles to for-profit detention centers in exchange for more than $2 million in kickbacks. He was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges."

At this point, I mean, whatever. But it’s worth remembering that ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/13/biden-granted-clemency.html

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

had an idea while eating dinner, thought it through while washing dishes, successfully implemented & tested it in two hours of fiddling in D, lets me throw away a bunch of redundant code scattered in multiple modules in what seems to be a thread-safe fashion (thanks be for the magik of the mutex)

all in all a successful evening

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji found dead in San Francisco apartment:

"Balaji’s death comes three months after he publicly accused OpenAI of violating U.S. copyright law while developing ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence program that has become a moneymaking sensation used by hundreds of millions of people across the world."

The most egregious part of this article, other than the heavily implied murder ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/13/openai-whistleblower-suchir.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Quick, a woman I like texted me "what are you up to?" How do I make "reading long nerdy essays about obscure tech" sound cool?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization – Dustycloud Brainstorms:

"Perhaps Bluesky matches this version of decentralization, but if so, it is because it is an incredibly weak definition of decentralization, at least taken independently. This may well say, taken within the context it is provided, “users of this network may occasionally not rely on a gatekeeper, as a treat”."

If you’re a fan of internet philosophy then it doesn’t get ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/13/re-re-bluesky.html

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

moi

https://music.apple.com/us/album/illegal-smile-live-at-wfmt-chicago/1774249391?i=1774249808

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

yup

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-accident-things-could-be-worse/300997257?i=300997433

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

mood https://music.apple.com/us/album/spanish-pipedream/1018524551?i=1018524554

jwz wrote:

Sovereign Citizens Convicted of Trying to Kidnap Coroner They Accused of Necromancy.

Lowering the Bar: The leader of the Essex group, an idiot named Mark Christopher, had declared himself the "chief judge" of a "Federal Postal Court" and also...
https://jwz.org/b/yket

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stevestreza@indieweb.social ("Steve Streza") wrote:

New York Times has run FOUR op-eds in the last 2 days mouthpiecing woe-is-me sympathy for UnitedHealthcare and scolding the public for not performing solemnity. They have spoken to zero families bankrupted by UHC's avaricious chasing of profit at any cost. Manufactured consent in action. Offensive.

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• New York Times op-ed section on health. Four articles posted in the last two days. 1. "America's Health Care System Needs Better Economics, Not Bullets" 2. "UnitedHealth Group CEO: The Health Care System is Flawed. Let's Fix It." 3. "A Borken System Is No Excuse" 4. "Three Columnists Wrestle With the Lionization of Luigi Mangione" (remote)

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jefftiedrich@threads.net ("Jeff Tiedrich") wrote:

imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

jwz wrote:

The Equal Rights Amendment is already part of the U.S. Constitution.

Heidi Li Feldman: In January, 2020, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was ratified, per the procedures specified in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. As with all U.S. law, the U.S....
https://jwz.org/b/yker

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jwz wrote:

Happy Friday the 13th + ACAB Day to all who celebrate.

Radical Graffiti:
https://jwz.org/b/ykep

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Happy Friday the 13th + ACAB Day

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• cf1922b51761064f.jpg (remote)

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dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

Watching Peter Theil’s sputtering condemnation or reading the new United Healthcare CEO’s op-ed, it’s ASTOUNDING to me that even they are starting with “look, we know the system is bad and needs fixing.” This feels like a real, actual shift of the overton window on this. It took an assassination.

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Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

One of the major scientific achievements of the 19th century was milk that didn’t kill babies.

People seem to have forgotten the importance of that.

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• Illustration from the Chicago Department of Health circa 1912 describing how to Pasteurize milk at home. “A few bacteria in milk as It leaves the farm can become millions by the time it reaches the consumer in the city. One-third of the city's milk supply contains more than 1,000,000 bacteria in each fifteen drops.”

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feliks@chaos.social wrote:

#fahrrad #bike #bicycle #linux

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• Two muscular arms clasping hands in solidarity. The arm on the left, labeled "Cyclists," wears a white sleeve. The arm on the right, labeled "Linux users," wears a red sleeve. The clasped hands are labeled "Constantly worrying about drivers." (remote)

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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

I know there are millions of bad US healthcare stories out there but this one is uniquely unique

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• sara hinkley @boneysoups I remember a woman who survived being mauled by a bear (it RIPPED HER FACE OFF) did an ama about her experience and said the worst part of the whole thing, attack, rescue, recovery, years of healing, many surgeries, was dealing with the health insurance company (remote)

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Domestic Enemy Hat") wrote:

Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!

Salk: Well thank God

Me: Of course they will grow up

Salk: Well I hope so

Me: And get old

Salk: I guess?

Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine

Salk: what now

Me: And leave NATO

Salk: shit

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jgilbert ("Jon Gilbert") wrote:

@jwz can't wait to become a billionaire so that I, too, can have my own grease team at the ready for when I need that extra sheen. ✨

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eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

Here’s our biggest tip: do not pay the ransom. Having your address, full name, and a picture of your house doesn’t mean that someone has acquired private, compromising info about you. Here are some quick answers to a few questions people have after receiving these emails. (3/7)

jwz wrote:

Make Billionaires Sweat Again.

Sweaty Peter Thiel is definitely going to be the name of our next drink special. "Sweaty Peter Thiel Mocked for Incoherent Answer About CEO Slaying." Thiel, drenched in sweat, struggled to form a coherent response,...
https://jwz.org/b/ykem

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appassionato ("earthling") wrote:

A woman in West Virginia snapped a one-in-a-million shot of a tree being struck by lightning.

Anthony Conn, a weekend anchor for WCHS, posted the photo to his Twitter account. The photo was sent to him by a woman named Debbie Parker in Hardy County, West Virginia.

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/3448/One-In-A-Million-Moment-As-Lightning-Strikes-A-Tree

@photography
#lightning

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• A lightning bolt ⚡️ visible from an overcast sky to a tree standing in a grassy field. The timing perfectly captures both the bolt in the sky and the fiery bolt from the top of the tree to the ground along the left edge of the mostly straight trunk. The light effect makes the tree glow with a reddish orange light.

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lmorchard@hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:

This version of "Santa Baby" is an unreasonable synth bop, IMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JnCYXB0Ezo

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

On Monday, @bcantrill and I were joined by @postwait, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, and @sogrady to talk about tech conferences. Unsurprisingly, a lot has changed in the decades since we met these folks at conferences! What's worth the trip in 2025? https://youtu.be/YBId0FLKxCo

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eyeling@mastodon.art ("Eyeling") wrote:

#ArtAdventCalendar - Dec 13th Water drops (3/4)

#macro #macrophotography

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• Macro photo of a leaf up very close. It's reddish brown with big drops of water clinging to its surface, glittering like silver. (remote)