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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the future is here now, and it is demanding more child-sized body bags
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
sadly, appears to have been true in the 2024 election as well
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nickmofo ("Nick Montfort") wrote:
Excellent review of @jesperjuul ’s new book TOO MUCH FUN, about the Commodore 64
I’m delighted we have this now in the Platform Studies series! The book is a wide-ranging and indeed fun consideration of this important computer, and also a serious study of how people *imagine* computers to be different at different times
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I bought the Louis de Funès collection from France because it advertised having English subtitles, and those movies are very difficult to find online and I was worried someday they might disappear completely; but that was a lie too, only one of the 9 movies has English subtitles.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I have not researched Blu-rays enough before buying my first one. You can't even play one on Windows by default, and VLC and MPC both require following arcane instructions from user forums to make it work. That's the last time I bother. DVDs were the superior format.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Michael Jackson is so unhelpful in Smooth Criminal like yeah, I’ll be fine could you maybe call an ambulance I’m losing a lot of blood. https://youtu.be/h_D3VFfhvs4?si=J2CejNgflnkXiIpb
Mastodon FeedComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedcomputer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:
🔫 🚗 get in loser we're queering the lambda calculus
Mastodon Feedmedieval_illuminations ("Medieval Illumination") wrote:
Ass trumpet. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France 1297. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 131, fol. 202r.
#medieval #MedievalArt
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Mastodon Feedjef ("Jef Poskanzer :batman:") wrote:
Law schools would have more success teaching the Rule Against Perpetuities if they just screened "Body Heat" and then had Kathleen Turner discuss the legal issues.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🚩") wrote:
@fromjason Ted's stuff is great. Don't miss this great conversation with him, Englebart, and @hrheingold
Mastodon FeedReblogged by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:
We’re proud to share news of a big step toward the re-greening of our home city, A Coruña, and our part in making it happen. https://www.igalia.com/2024/12/20/Creating-an-Urban-Forest.html
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Is Matt Mullenweg the Mad King of WordPress?:
"Standing in a bathroom at Automattic’s San Francisco offices, Matt Mullenweg is talking to me about toilet paper."
Just an incredible way to start an article. I lol’d. https://www.inc.com/dfreedman/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-wp-engine/90994969
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:
@fromjason agree. the other techno grifts didn't bother me too much.
crypto - pyramid scheme that kills the environment...ok shitty but doesn't affect me
NFTs - just stupidbut AI could fuck up our whole web and stored knowledge.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
When AI summaries replace hyperlinks, thought itself is flattened | Aeon Essays:
"We are at a moment in the history of the web in which the link itself – the countless connections made by website creators, the endless tapestry of ideas woven together throughout the web – is a in danger of going extinct."
Long but fantastic read so far (half way through). Will have more to say about it later. https://aeon.co/essays/when-ai-summaries-replace-hyperlinks-thought-itself-is-flattened
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cam@hachyderm.io ("Camilo") wrote:
would be hard to stage a better album cover tbh
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
All this political theater is making Luigi Mangione look cool as hell, I fear. (The optics aren’t doing anything to help the idea that we have an overly militarized police problem either.)
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Mastodon Feeddnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:
♬️ NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: MOVIE SING-ALONG + DANCE PARTY at DNA Lounge tonight: Thu Dec 19, 7:30pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2024/12-19.html
#dnalounge #nightmarebeforechristmas #cyberdelia #alternative #gothic #industrial #indie #sanfrancisco
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Mastodon Feedcharliejane@wandering.shop ("Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️⚧") wrote:
Don't forget: it's almost time to stop writing 2024 on forms and instead drawing a picture of a skull with blood pouring from its eye sockets
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:
Said Woodson of Jones:
“He never had much to say except in the case of matters of importance on which he could speak intelligently. He was a well educated man,
but he could neither read nor write. He learned through others who had had opportunities for intellectual development.“Image: Black coal miners working for the Lorain Coal & Dock Co. in Lorado, West Virginia, in 1918. Source: Library of Congress
5/7
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
[From the drafts] Starved for hope, a trolling Harris feeds us
Here’s an incomplete draft of mine from September 11th. During the months leading up to the election, I was very nervous. I wrote a lot. For whatever reason, I published none of it, effectively keeping myself a political diary of unfished thoughts. After revisiting some of my mini-political essays, I may publish them here on my micro. If for nothing else, to connect ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/12/19/from-the-drafts.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)— […] “In recent days, I’ve heard troubling reports of ABC News employees recklessly dabbling in news,” Bob Iger told the gathering at ABC’s Manhattan headquarters. “This ends now.”
Declaring ABC News “a news-free zone,” he said, “If you find yourself tempted to do news, I want you to ask yourself: is it worth risking your career?”
Iger’s anti-news policy, however, drew a harsh rebuke from Fox News Channel, who claimed that ABC was infringing on its brand.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The new Superman trailer shows Krypto in the movie!
James Gunn is my favorite thing about superhero movies. He’s not afraid of the weird and cheesy parts of sci-fi lore. I would love, love if Gunn rebooted Hitchhicker’s Guide to The Galaxy, and embraced the kitschiness of the 1980’s BBC series.
Anyway, the shots look gorgeous. I’m hopeful. https://youtu.be/uhUht6vAsMY?si=TyVRvGZeljt0aQF-
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Mastodon FeedMissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:
Breaking: Elon Musk promises Donald Trump “an important role” in the upcoming presidential administration, with “specific areas of responsibility to be worked out.”
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Helping my mom clear her storage and I notice she has 4GB worth of NOTES? As non-technical as she is, she immediately said “yeah that make sense I love that app,” lmao. Parents.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
see also the essays in “Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture”
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Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl ("UniversityofGroningenLibrary") wrote:
Early academic works on the #internet, such as those by @hrheingold or Castells, merged visions of digital transformation w/ critical perspectives, influencing both its technological development & conceptual understanding.
🔦December's #OpenAccess article in the spotlight examines these texts: how did their themes and discourses influence #InternetStudies and popular imaginaries of digital technology?
📣 Read our interview with @NathalieFridz
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- Image of December's article in the spotlight is titled 'Revolutionary discourses from the past: a digital hermeneutical analysis of widely read academic publications on the social impact and significance of the internet', written by Nathalie Fridzema, Susan Aasman, Tom Slootweg and Rik Smit (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:
Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
There is no good Christmas carol…
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/there-is-no-carol-that-wont-wear-out-its-welcome/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
How low can Fox News go? I dread the depths of stupidity we're going to plumb in the next few years.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/19/insufferably-credulous-journalists/
