Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vertigo@hackers.town ("Vertigo #$FF") wrote:
NICE! The original version of Tripos (operating system which begat AmigaDOS) is published up on GitHub! And it is public.
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vertigo@hackers.town ("Vertigo #$FF") wrote:
NICE! The original version of Tripos (operating system which begat AmigaDOS) is published up on GitHub! And it is public.
The #Mastodon stuffed toy is now available in the United States! This is a limited run of 500. Check out the #Plushtodon hashtag for more pictures!
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Flipboard’s Surf app is a feed reader for the fediverse - The Verge:
"McCue’s best explanation of Surf’s big theory is this: in a decentralized social world, the internet will be less about websites and more about feeds."
He who controls the feeds controls the (social) web.
This is interesting. It’s almost like we have two new layers in the internet technology stack. We have the computational layer, or as I like to call it, ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/flipboards-surf-app.html
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I MISSPELLED CONSOLIDATION
I wonder how Democrat luminaries are preparing for the coming second Trump administration...
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
STILL ALIVE!
adhdeanasl@beige.party ("🎄ADHDean Festive Edition🎄") wrote:
Mastodon is my favorite place to find locally sourced, ethically harvested, renewable, hand-curated, small batch disdain.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
2025: Curation & Consilidation: https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/curation-consilidation.html
Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:
’Tis once again the season to hold this timeless holiday message close to our hearts.
MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:
Democrats fighting leftists/ Democrats fighting Republicans
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
openwebdocs@front-end.social ("Open Web Docs") wrote:
Learn about XSS for XMAS!
We created a new MDN page about Cross-site scripting: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Attacks/XSS
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Jamelle Bouie: “Either democracy was on the ballot in November, or it wasn’t, and if it was, it makes no political, ethical or strategic sense to act as if we live in normal times.” 100,000%!! This is driving me *nuts*. Dem pols: fight or piss off. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/democrats-trump-opposition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iU4.fXzt.xNNqTSiwCocp
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:
Of late, Bluesky feels like the blacklights-and-bass opening night party at a trade show, while Mastodon feels like hanging out with colleagues in the hallway track of a smallish tech conference.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
janetlogan@mas.to ("Janet Logan (she/her) 🏳️⚧️") wrote:
For all you cis folks. Feel free to boost.
Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸") wrote:
Status update
Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
Last night @pfrazee.com joined @bcantrill, me, and the Oxide Friends to talk about the inner workings of @bsky.app and the AT Protocol. From Scuttlebutt to Firehose and the ill-fated Scenes, lots of inside baseball!
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Behind The Bastards released their P. Diddy episode. https://pod.link/1373812661
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
18 million weird old books are waiting for you in this free online archive - Boing Boing:
"McIlvaine’s 800+ page book is just one gem among millions in HathiTrust, a massive digital library that lets you freely browse over 18 million scanned books. Want to explore Victorian ghost stories, leaf through 1850s cookbooks, or discover long-forgotten travel guides? It’s all there, minus the dust allergies of traditional rare book ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/million-weird-old.html
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you…the Democratic Party!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/18/the-democratic-party-will-never-change/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
strongly agree with @laloalcaraz
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Dec 18, 1952
Georgia Gov. Herman E. Talmadge declares "he would sooner end public education in Georgia than allow Black children to attend school with white children."
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Imagine if, in the future, a Xian apologist invents an argument for a god's existence that isn't stupid.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/18/a-novel-xian-argument/
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:
Another gift to Trump, this time from House Democrats.
SethRudy@c18.masto.host ("Saethelred the Unsteady") wrote:
Antifascists: don’t obey in advance
Media: sorry I’m late I was just at the Obeying in Advance conference in Craven-on-Hudson, what did I miss
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sbourne ("Sarah E Bourne") wrote:
We can tell who's colorblind when we play Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails. Somebody inevitably comments that the red vehicle cards and routes are hard to tell apart from the pinkish purple ones. But they aren't colorblind. The folks with red-green colorblindness have no problem: "They couldn't be more different!"
🤯
Side note: the game does not use color alone: they also have different symbols on them. They can be hard to make out, though - a bit more contrast would be nice.
#accessibility #a11y
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
fight@fightforthefuture.org ("Fight for the Future") wrote:
As we continue to see sustained death + disablement due to COVID, the public health + disability justice implications of criminalizing mask-wearing are disastrous. Mask bans also violate our fundamental civil liberties.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/12/mask-bans-protest-surveillance
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Here's a GIF. I just wanted to show it to you.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
Despite the risks, firms and Trump are eager to get people back into offices.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/companies-issuing-rto-mandates-lose-their-best-talent-study/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
Gonna be some super weird porn landing next month
https://apnews.com/article/public-domain-2025-popeye-tintin-e71ca89b7a430e68e66a7c6ce45a98eb