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

Sex is crazy. Spider sex is just one strange implementation of a weird behavior.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/you-think-spider-sex-is-crazy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YBt3TlHO1E

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

Me on a zoom call running five minutes long

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• Illustration of Dr. Manhattan looking into the sky. The caption reads I am tired of earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.&10;

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

I don't have a point other than just thinking about that question makes me more aware of propaganda. Because whatever the percentage, it's non-zero.

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

What percentage of content on the Internet—memes, videos, blogs, etc.—are published with the explicit intention of shaping your opinion, or nudging your actions, but are disguised to be completely innocuous?

Take out foreign actors. Just homegrown efforts. Whether that be our government, corporate interests, news media, etc.

1%? 20%? What topics would be most important to them?

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

Update on the dork who stole my website. He paid someone on Upwork $50 to “clone” my site lol. If you’re going to be dishonest, ar least be smart. Try right clicking next time. Or go to my git.

The best route though, if he would’ve emailed me and just told me he was a writer looking for a website with a similar vibe as mine, I probably would’ve helped him for free. It’s just a static site.

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• Website Cloning Project&10;Posted last week&10;2 Worldwide&10;I am seeking a skilled web developer to clone my website to match an existing site exactly. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and experience in web design and development. Your responsibility will include replicating layouts, content, and functionality while ensuring that the cloned website maintains responsiveness across different devices. Please provide examples of previous cloning projects you've completed, as this will be a key factor in the selection process.&10;This is the example I want to clone:&10;https://www.fromjason.xyz/&10;$50.00&10;Fixed-price&10;Intermediate&10;Experience Level

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

My most unpopular opinion is "modern" frontend Reactors have no idea how fast computers are now.

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek #BlueSteel

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• Star Trek The Original Series scene and there's a lot going on here under the surface. We're in a hard to determine place due to low light, and see famous workplace associates Kirk and Spock in uniform. We have soap opera blocking here, with Kirk close in sporting a Zoolander 'Blue Steel' smolder while looking off into the distance dreamily. Spock is one step behind him, but he's staring at Kirk, not the distance. Curious. Closed caption reads, "THE INSATIABLE DESIRE FOR SENSATION AND EXPERIENCE." (Also, good shadow work here across the faces)

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stevelieber ("Steve Lieber") wrote:

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• Bluesky screenshot from brendelbored: “The kids love Batman The kids love Captain America Why do the kids not love Kraven the Hunter, the Russian aristocrat who kills animals”

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foo@fosstodon.org ("Ryan Finnie") wrote:

Your GitHub account now includes one free hour in the ball pit

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I am now in the possession of an external BR/DVD/CD drive and get to rewatch my Devin Townsend at the Royal Albert Hall and Retinal Circus DVDs 🙂

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

Who are your favorite link bloggers and curators?

I very much enjoy curating things for my link blog. Sharing things that people find interesting/valuable/helpful is such a joy for me.

I want to get better at it. I want to really master the art of curation. Drop a comment with your favs 🖤. https://micro.fromjason.xyz

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

Full post: https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/i-found-a.html

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

I found a folder with some of my old memes and image macros from 2018-2022. Enjoy.

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• I must decline for secret reasons
• Guy talking into phone Siri why does god allow suffering
• Movie still from Joker with the Facebook logo over jokers face. Caption reads when you bring me out can you introduce me as Meta
• Mark Zuckerberg what if your racist grandpa could fly

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

Peter Wang vowed to me he’ll “kill Bluesky PBC” if things “really go to shit," launched $1mm fund to build on AT Protocol.

Wednesday, open-source entrepreneur Peter Wang launched a $1mm fund to spark more development on AT Protocol:

"“Bluesky has clearly crossed over from serving mostly technical early-adopters into mainstream appeal,” said Wang. “While much has been written recently about Bluesky’s stunning growth, its real ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/18/peter-wang-vowed.html

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

RFD 537 Record Every Meeting https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0537

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mike@chinwag.org ("Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]") wrote:

"Free Copilot in your GitHub account" is the 2020s version of "Free U2 album on your iPod".

jwz wrote:

Pro tip! The United States Post Office will no longer sell you a stamp with a crossdressing furry on it, but you can still get them on eBay and they still work.

In these intolerant times, the least we can do is to purchase official US Government services using scrip featuring a cartoon that launched a billion sexual awakenings. We can't have the Tubman Twenty, but they can't take this pervert from us.
https://jwz.org/b/ykez

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:

How to measure like a Brit

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• A complex multi choice diagram showing UK measurements depending on what is being measured (remote)

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

finally beat a double-encoding problem to death, now getting decently-formatted emails out of user account self-management system

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

gemini-1.5-flash is *fast* at [redacted]

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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

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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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• 724bd1b4dcce4705.jpg (remote)

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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.