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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ieure@retro.social ("egregious philbin") wrote:
What I'm listening to today: "Why Don't You Think About Me - Instant Funk."
I've always liked funk, but only recently started exploring what's out there. For such an influential genre, it's surprisingly obscure -- there's minimal information about lots of bands, and tons of amazing music is hard to find.
So, this is a pretty deep cut, and I have no idea why, because it's incredible. A blend of funk, disco, and early rap, it manages to walk the line between musical excellence and unabashed party music. Sounds great even on trash speakers, but if you don some half-decent headphones and give it a proper listen, there's *so much* going on. Just really terrific stuff.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
cheetah_spottycat@toot.cat wrote:
I agree 100%.
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- "joeyridersvoid" wrote: This sounds like a shitpost but people should be allowed to be horny. As in, sexuality is just part of life for most people and there’s no reason for consensual sexual behavior to be punished. A celebrity getting “caught™ at a sex club shouldn’t be a scandal. No one should be fired for having a fetlife profile outside of work. Nudes getting leaked shouldn’t be career-ending. Denying and hiding (consensual) sexual interests doesn’t make anyone more professional, it just makes everyone more repressed. And sterilizing ourselves to be better work drones isn’t productive, it’s just creepy. I’d rather my surgeon get absolutely railed on camera and come to work in a good mood, frankly. (remote)
Mastodon FeedI've finally gotten around to trying to scan the barcodes on all of my books. I'm using Library Thing, even though it is trying really hard to be some kind of Clown-based gamified "goodreads" fucktangle when all I want is a local catalog.
Anyway, what's the deal with every paperback from the 90s having a barcode on the back that's useless? Most of the time there's a second barcode inside the cover with the actual ISBN. What brain-genius thought this was a good idea?
https://jwz.org/b/ykfg
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Note to Self Yet Again: wash your damned hands reeeeeeely thoroughly after slicing & deseeding hot peppers, you friggin' moron 🥵
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Let’s write to our leaders, our voices must soar,
For freedom online is worth fighting for.
With courage and hope, we can light up the way,
To defend our fair internet, come what may!"And so they all dreamed, beneath twinkling stars,
A seamless connection, where no one felt bars.
With net neutrality, the web would be bright,
A place for all voices, of every delight.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"It's not just for us—but for all who connect,
From artists to learners, what do we protect?
Our world is a rainbow, each color a dream,
With net neutrality, we all stay a team."So the creatures all gathered, their hearts filled with might,
They chose to be heard, to stand and unite.
From the tallest of trees to the rivers so deep,
They vowed to spread kindness, their promises to keep.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
The turtle then chimed in, moving quite slow,
"But what of big companies? Will they steal the show?
What happens to voices that people all share?
Without a safe platform, will they disappear?"Bright lights in the distance, they spotted a glare,
It was the wise owl, shining wisdom everywhere.
"Imagine a world where money makes best,
If you haven’t got cash, you'd be left in the rest."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
The rabbit piped up, with ears standing tall,
"What if my videos just can't be seen at all?
If a website's slow, can't load at a speed,
That means I might miss sharing all that I need!"The wise owl agreed, as he ruffled his feathers,
"A web that’s fair means connecting by measures.
But without rules to guide, like a map for us all,
The weak and the small may just tumble and fall."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
In a world where screens light up the night,
There lived a wise owl, who saw a great fright.
"It's not just for games or funny cat memes,
Our internet's important, or so it seems!"He spoke to the creatures, in the tree and the glade,
"We must stand together, it's time to not fade.
For if net neutrality takes a step back,
What happens to freedom? That's what we must track!"
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
artemis@dice.camp ("Artemis") wrote:
You know what? I'm not fucking okay with teaching children that their bodies are taboo and that they shouldn't have any knowledge about or understanding of them.
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- Vagina Museum @vagina_museum@masto.ai us: come and visit a small independent quirky museum in london bluesky moderation team: no that's porn Jan 02, 2025, 05:48 Web [screenshot of Bluesky post:] Start planning your visit. And then plan another... www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/visit The website preview has been hidden instead of saying "Adult Content" with the option to "Show" "Labeled by Bluesky Moderation Service." (remote)
![Vagina Museum @vagina_museum@masto.ai us: come and visit a small independent quirky museum in london bluesky moderation team: no that's porn Jan 02, 2025, 05:48 Web [screenshot of Bluesky post:] Start planning your visit. And then plan another... www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/visit The website preview has been hidden instead of saying "Adult Content" with the option to "Show" "Labeled by Bluesky Moderation Service."](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/113/760/199/936/797/488/original/d74e45b5405fed1a.png){kind=link}
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is an absolutely terrible ruling for consumers, and a blow against the free flow of ideas and against normal operations of "the marketplace". this is an example of why courts *should* defer to agency experts, and should remind us that civil servants make better long-term-thinking decisions & generally produce better recommendations than politicos.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
it does, it does
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Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Logging into this website just so I can boost a Cat and Girl comic. I sure know how to social media.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
catandgirl@socel.net ("Cat and Girl") wrote:
Without their natural Bar habitat, the geniuses scatter in the surrounding forests
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- Cat: So much of my time is WASTED in mundane tasks and errands / Cat: So I invented buying everything online and having it delivered to my home! And paying people to do my grocery shopping! And my laundry - and drive me around - and I don't have to talk to anyone! / Girl: The incidental labors of everyday life hold us together Cat: So much of my time is WASTED by other people! / Cat: So I invented social media - where I could broadcast to an audience - instead of engaging with people individually - and now I don't have to talk to anyone! / Girl: Our incidental encounters make us a society Cat: I don't have to leave home to watch a movie - I don't have to leave home to get takeout - I don't have to choose what music to listen to - I just say, "Siri! Play music" / Cat: I've eliminated the friction Girl: The friction is the meaning Cat: I got rid of the inefficiencies Girl: The inefficiency is HUMANITY / Cat: and now I can turn my FULL ATTENTION to my GREATEST WORK / Cat: a computer that will talk to me. Phone: FEED ME SEYMOUR (remote)
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
Happy New Year! Join @ahl and me next week as we engage in our annual tradition of 1-, 3-, and 6-year tech predictions -- and revisit our predictions from past years. (Especially our 3-year predictions from 2022!) Join us, Monday, 5p Pacific:
https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1324197967397126175
Our predictions from 2024: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/predictions-2024
Our predictions from 2023: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/predictions-2023
Our predictions from 2022: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/predictions-2022-2022-01-03
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
If the reports of the Las Vegas Cybertruck driver are accurate, that makes a second sizable violent act by someone with a military background.
Maybe we should figure out all of the ways we’re failing veterans and actually try to fix the problem?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
55.5M debug build
15.5M release build
okay...
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Isaac Asimov born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR, 1920
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the fog just does not want to lift today… I am not too sure how much I will accomplish
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
https://alecmuffett.com/article/110731
like banning any other form of communications, this censorship attempt goes against the core values upon which our nation was founded.
when Government tries to control what and how People are allowed to communicate, that is an attempt at establishing dictatorship & thought control. this is wrong, period.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
“So, in response, many NSA employees were like, ‘No, fuck off, I’ll play Pokémon Go all over base'” | …and yet Australia expects to successfully ban teenagers from social media?
This glorious quote is in the attached; if the NSA cannot enforce fearmongering-based operational security discipline over actual employees, what hope do Governments have of coercing (rather than educating) teenagers?
U.S. Intelligence Feared Pokémon Go Was a Chinese Plot
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/29/pokemongo-cia-nsa-intelligence-spying/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ARCticConference ("ARCtic Conference") wrote:
💥 Workshop announcement: Scale Your Swift App Development 💻
In this workshop @pedro and @marekfort will help you to discover how to overcome common challenges in Swift app development with Tuist. You’ll learn to build modular projects using Tuist's Swift DSL and leverage features like binary caching, selective testing, and previews.
By the end, you'll gain practical strategies to scale development efficiently, creating a productive environment for building great apps faster.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Endless links unfold,
Curiosity takes flight,
Lost in a bright maze.[ h/t https://arghstudios.com:50433 ]
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:") wrote:
Canadian teen who became critically ill with #HPAI #H5N1 first sought medical treatment on Nov. 4. After intensive care with multiple anitvirals, intubation, and ECMO, it was Dec 18 by the time she could come off supplemental oxygen.
Meanwhile, H5N1 continues to spread worldwide in wild birds and into poultry and has resulted in significant mortality of mammalian wildlife, and a variant that seems milder in exposed humans has adapted to dairy cows. No government on Earth is prepared for what happens if the highly virulent strain of H5N1 adapts to transmission in humans. Unless it loses virulence, IMO it will be our modern version *not* of the 1918 flu, but rather of the Black Plague. https://globalnews.ca/news/10938653/b-c-teen-avian-flu-patient-recovers-oxygen/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
stefan@front-end.social ("Stefan Judis") wrote:
If you want to add some new years celebration to your sites, `` received some nice improvements over the holidays thanks to the power of open source contributions! 💯
https://www.stefanjudis.com/blog/a-web-component-to-make-your-text-sparkle/
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is a banger:
Mastodon FeedTIL that “biphasic #sleep” was the norm pre-industrial-revo, and may even be an primatic evo-biological adaptation.ppl woke up for “the watch” and did misc. things before a 2nd sleep.
Depriving ppl of artificial light re-induced this way of sleeping.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep
Mastodon Feedtroublewithwords@wandering.shop ("Steven Hoefer") wrote:
Standard Ebooks dropped a bunch of beautifully formatted books newly in the public domain today.
Dashiell Hammett’s “Red Harvest” and “The Dain Curse” defined hard-boiled detectives. But also Agatha Christie, Sinclair Lewis, John Steinbeck, Mahatma Gandhi…
(Standard Ebooks is Project Gutenberg with editing and typesetting. They also have an RSS feed for new releases!)