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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

ValerieSonh@masto.ai ("Valerie Sonh :verigold:") wrote:

#SupremeCourt to hear #TikTok case before ban deadline
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-18/supreme-court-tiktok “We should be concerned about this law as Americans who engage with one another on social media, but we should also be concerned about the global system of free expression,” said George Wang, staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute. #censorship

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

Remember in The Hunger Games when Plutarch was laying out his plan to President Snow:

"They think she’s one of them. We need to show that she’s one of us. We don’t need to destroy her, just the image, then we let the people do the rest."

It’s startling to watch our media execute this very tactic on us with Luigi Mangione—he grew up in a nice house, he went an Ivy League school, he’s “one of us” over and over again.

Regardless ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/remember-in-the.html

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• Plutarch from the movie The Hunger Games wearing a dark grey jacket with a pen in his hand.

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Replaced a handful of light bulbs around my house with much brighter ones (mostly 1500-lumen warm white LEDs). It made a surprisingly big difference in how nice it feels to be here, and only cost me about $25. Highly recommend trying it if your place is feeling at all grey or gloomy.

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

Spruced up the ol' micro blog

https://micro.fromjason.xyz/

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

Changing my #microblog theme. Want something clean and simple. Any recs?

jwz wrote:

"Your GitHub account now includes free use of GitHub Copilot"
LOL get fucked

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

My government, working hard for me!🤡

In the past week, Dems have:

* Kneecapped AOC
* Declared the bald eagle as the national bird (🤔What the hell was it before? Just like, unofficial?)
* Promised to investigate suspicious drone activity

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

nathanolsenart@mastodon.art ("Nathan Olsen") wrote:

A few days ago, I approved a digital proof for my new comic book, Tiny Dracula #1. I'm getting a "hard proof" made ahead of my January Kickstarter for the book—it will be printed and bound using the same papers and inks that will be used for the final printed edition — so this way I can check everything out and make sure it's exactly what I want before approving the final order.

I don't think I've talked much here about making Tiny Dracula, so if you'll indulge me, a thread: 🧵

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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

bloftinsk8 ("b-loftin") wrote:

Been exploring a lot of blogs here on micro.blog. Found this post by @fromjason .

As a librarian and longtime blogger this really scratched an annoying and persistent itch I’ve been having. Like a lot of peopel around here on micro.blog I think about this stuff a lot. https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/where-have-all-the-websites-gone/

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

Whenever I read an explanation on how large language models work— not knowing the answer just writing based on the probability of what the next word should be—I’m always like, uh that sounds how like my brain works.

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• Two panel: Michael Scott&10;&10;Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going.&10;&10;I just hope I find it along the way.

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.

https://github.com/borb/tripos

Mastodon wrote:

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!

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

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• A stuffed Mastodon toy is leaning over to drink some coffee.

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

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nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

I wonder how Democrat luminaries are preparing for the coming second Trump administration...

#amyklobuchar

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• Screenshot of an Amy Klobuchar social media post: My bipartisan legislation to recognize the Bald Eagle as our national bird just passed Congress and is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law! 🦅 (remote)

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

STILL ALIVE!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/still-alive-118231996

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• male black widow (remote)

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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

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Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:

’Tis once again the season to hold this timeless holiday message close to our hearts.

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• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from the 1970s Rankin-Bass animated TV special. A caption next to Rudolph reads “deviation from the norm will be punished unless it is exploitable”.

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MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

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claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

Democrats fighting leftists/ Democrats fighting Republicans

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• Scary T-Rex from Jurassic Park (remote)
• Silly T-Rex from Toy Story (remote)

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

#websecurity

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

kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

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.

#trans #transgender #FirstTheyCame #MartinNiemoller #Allies

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• First, they came for the transgender community and I spoke out immediately even though Im straight and cis because l've read the rest of the fucking poem (remote)

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸") wrote:

Status update

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• A short animation where everything is tiny and made of felt. A kettle is boiling on a stove. A hand reaches out to turn it off and pours the water into a red and black check hot water bottle. A yellow and black check table lamp is switched on. It's standing in front of a book case full of multicoloured books. A fire is lit in the fireplace. On the mantelpiece are two photographs and a pot plant. A cup of tea is placed on a table next to a blue and white check sofa. (remote)

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

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!

https://youtu.be/5axpWF48bwQ

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/

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• Wed to the lich -- a romance with old dead people (remote)