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

I guess we need to update this old map to include 21st century sterilizations.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/30/the-eugenicists-have-gotten-sneaky/

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• Map of eugenical sterilizations in the US, from 1935 (remote)

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

some real reasons to be concerned

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/opinion/elon-musk-china-classified-secrets-national-security-russia-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU4.zTK9.zRbKigrijeGN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

What if there is a "civil war", and the leaders of the two factions are complete and utter clowns?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/30/only-fools-believe-in-genetic-determinism/

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• two clowns (remote)

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CatsOfYore@varmint.town ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

Being "helpful" in 1954. https://juan314.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/les-chats-los-gatos-the-cats-by-willy-ronis-1954/

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• Black and white photo of a woman in a checkered dress, seen from behind as she leans out an open window. On her bent over back is perched a shorthaired black cat that looks like it might be in the process of jumping down. (remote)

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stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

As the automobile became more popular, many unemployed horses turned to drink. Here a jobless mare, drunk yet again, is refused entry to the family home.

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• A sepia-toned photo of a back alley perhaps a hundred years ago or more. On the right is a wooden picket fence. In the background is a stable yard and the rear of some terrace houses. On the left stands a horse, tethered outside the yard, an empty beer bottle at its feet. (remote)

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tknarr@mstdn.social ("Todd Knarr") wrote:

@lauren I have to agree. When tech companies say they can't find qualified candidates to fill job openings, they're lying by omission. They can find plenty of qualified candidates, what they can't find are senior-level candidates willing to accept entry-level pay.

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

mako@social.seattle.wa.us wrote:

My kid gets me. #photography #tv #twinpeaks

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• A notepad from the Great northern hotel; twin peaks (remote)

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

taking down the decorations

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• 5df6febe113fce21.gif (remote)

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dealingwith@indieweb.social wrote:

"This is literally a DDoS on the entire internet.

"I am so tired."

https://pod.geraspora.de/posts/17342163

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

I’ve been in a relatively mild comment argument on Instagram for two days about whether the beach level in Mario Sunshine is Frutiger Aero.

I need to reassess some things in my life lmao.

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• Mario and Sonic stand on a beach facing the water.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Light sculpture. I don't know if you can tell, but the whale is absolutely massive!

#darktable

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• A big installation of a while looking like a wireframe highlighted in shades of blue. It's suspended in a dark space on top of what looks like a dark hedge with Christmas lights.

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brainwane@social.coop ("Sumana Harihareswara") wrote:

Today I felt a sudden rush of sympathy for Chief O'Brien upon realizing that, while turning Terok Nor into Deep Space 9, he had to figure out how to convert Federation or Starfleet replicator files to the Cardassian replicator file format, or get the station replicators to run off Starfleet's file format

#StarTrek

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

“Lone Pine Hill” by Justin Townes Earle

https://pandora.app.link/tJZEWHzKJPb

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MajDen@sociale.network ("MajDen👠🎗☮️ ♀️🎨🥋") wrote:

Una bella benedizione 😇

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• Video di micio che benedice chiunque passi da lì. La scritta dice: non conosco che religione sia, ma sono interessato 😍 (remote)

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

ahhhhh

“(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night” by Tom Waits

https://pandora.app.link/Kpu0RZEJJPb

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

“Clay Pigeons” by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/ez8Wf4iJJPb

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

The New York Post is very upset that some “punks” spray painted “Deny Defend Depose” on Jeffery Epstein’s old mansion. https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/pro-luigi-mangione-punks-vandalize-jeffrey-epsteins-former-nyc-mansion-deny-defend-depose/

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• Large wood door with stone walls. Red spray paint reads "“Deny, defend, depose” and "Free Luigi."

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

“Atlantic City” by The Band on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/ajqtKSMIJPb

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jwz wrote:

Recent books.

Despite the evidence presented by the OSHA-violating precarious tower of books on my desk, it seems like I read kind of an embarassingly small number of books this year. Of those, here are the ones that I enjoyed, in desk-stack order. [...]

I gave up on writing book reviews a while ago, but I have a story about 1984. [...]

https://jwz.org/b/ykfO

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• Screenshot

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brandkopf@mastodon.art ("sommerlich.art") wrote:

Finished my new and so far largest oil painting "Collector" 🎨.
Now I can finally put the brushes away and enjoy a well-deserved coffee ☕️.

Hope you like it 💕.

more: https://sommerlich.art/collector/

#art #mastoart #traditionalart #ölmalerei #fineart #painting

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• Oil painting of an elderly elven lady. She sits by a tree with her arm outstretched and collects amber in her wicker basket. She is wearing simple brown clothes with an oil painting of an elderly elven lady. She has a cheerful and serene expression on her face. She kneels by a tree with her arm outstretched and collects amber in her wicker basket. She wears simple brown clothes with a blue headscarf. She has a large wooden hat on her head on which mushrooms and grass are growing. On her back you can see long blue feathers instead of hair. In the background you can see large clouds heralding a thunderstorm and in the foreground the picture is framed by two trees and a dark meadow. (remote)
• Detail from an oil painting with a portrait of an old woman smiling and long elven ears. (remote)

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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

The two kinds of magic:

1. hiding the slow and difficult work, only revealing the payoff
2. love

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

Jimmy Carter was an actual good man in politics. A radical by todays standards.

Fuuuuuuuccccck all these politicians who never respected him when he was an alive pretending he’s their guiding light now that he’s dead.

If you want to know what it looks like when centrists co-opt a revolutionary, listen to our politicians this week.

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

Jimmy Carter was simply a good guy. I'm sorry to see him go.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-has-died/

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

With the understanding that some people will and do call it a waste of time, another highlight of my year was getting the #Plushtodon out into the world. I didn't want to just make another soulless piece of merch to tick off a box. I wanted to create a toy, a friend, that would rival anything you could get at a toy store. It brings me joy seeing that people seem to appreciate the effort.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The Material You redesign of our Android app came out quite early in the year but it's another highlight. I maintain that it must be one of the most beautiful apps on Android. The design is so clean. And the whole app is just 5MB. It makes me wish I had an Android phone. @samhenrigold and @grishka really hit it out of the park.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I think one of my professional highlights of this year was the moment @mike and I came up with the fediverse:creator tag over lunch in San Francisco, and the subsequent implementation with my team. I love seeing that feature in action, besides being useful for discovery it just looks so nice.

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

this seems pretty silly

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/microsoft-s-100b-agi-definitio-e6FaEhReQs.9exHMGZpuog

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

oops

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/meta-quest-update-fiasco-erGib6PVSTCXSS7UiaqVPw

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

oh yah

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

sadness, yet a life well-lived

https://www.ajc.com/news/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-100-dies/3ODQTR5NHVDTDF2SXOU34MKNZM/