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ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

Things are going bad at the front for Ukraine, losing territory everyday, shortage in manpower.
Therefore it is surprising they apparently started some kind of new offensive in Kursk.
Let’s hope they are successful.
#ukraine #russia #war #kursk

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

janbeta@chaos.social ("Jan Beta") wrote:

I usually don’t look at the numbers too closely but today, the 5th January of 2025, I reached 55555 subscribers on YouTube. With the most recent video focusing on a 555 timer chip. Is the universe trying to tell me something? 😅

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• Screenshot of my YouTube subscriber count in the YT Studio app, showing 55555. (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

anatudor ("Ana Tudor 🐯") wrote:

#tinyCSSsnippet I've been shocked 🙀 to learn has been slept on:

```
.container { display: grid }
.stacked-item { grid-area: 1/ 1 }
```

I use it all the time to stack elements.

Stack faces of polyhedra before positioning them in 3D. Stack images. Stack 🥧 slices https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/XWvKjJJ

#CSS #code #coding #frontend #cssGrid #cssLayout #web #webDevelopment #dev #webDev #3D #geometry

Attachments:

• Snub dodecahedron with a part of the CSS used to create it seen on the left - the `grid-area: 1/ 1` line is highlighted.
• Stack of slightly rotated big cat images.
• A pie chart made up of 7 different size slices. Slice 4 is hovered and slides out. On the left, there's a bit of the code, with the `grid-area: 1/ 1` line highlighted for `.slice` elements.
• Fancy animated cube. On the left,there's a bit of the CSS used to create it, with the `grid-area: 1/ 1` line highlighted for `.face` elements.

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

This might become my canonical folklore about the moon.

https://www.gocomics.com/wallace-the-brave/2025/01/05

(I would've just linked to it instead of embedding the image, but I wanted to add the alt text.)

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• Sunday comic of "Wallace the Brave" for 2025-01-05. By Will Henry. Panel 1: Wallace (a young child) is standing on a large rock surrounded by other children. He's looking up and says, "The moon wasn't always up there in the sky." Panel 2: Wallace's narration continues: "It used to live here, on *Earth*. A guardian of the ocean and forests." We see a large giant looming over the landscape seemingly composed of gray stone. Panel 3: "Until the wicked Moltentitus emerged from a volcano to challenge the moon." A giant red dragon-like creature bursts from a magma spewing volcano. Panel 4: "The moon was victorious, but felt enormous guilt for the destruction it had caused." In a flaming landscape, the moon giant stands over a vanquished Moltentitus. Panel 5: "So it curled into a ball and banished itself to outer space." The moon giant jumps into space and curls into a ball. Panel 6: "Every day since, the ocean reaches out to console her grieving friend - the moon." A watery figure reaches upward out of the ocean towards the moon in the sky. Panel 7: We return to Wallace on the rock where he concludes, "That's why we have the tides." One of the children below him, wiping away a tear, says, "So sad. So incorrect." (remote)

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

Today in History: FCC hears first demonstration of FM radio, 1940

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

Today in History: DeWitt B. Brace born, 1859, inventor of spectrophotometer

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

dotsonapage@wandering.shop ("Kerri") wrote:

200 years ago, a #Blind French teenager took six little dots and opened up the world of literacy for himself and generations to come. Merci Louis. Without the code that bears your name, I wouldn't have gotten through school or found success at work. I definitely wouldn't love to read as much as I do. #Braille is independence, dignity, resourcefulness, pride. #Braille is beautiful!! Happy #WorldBrailleDay

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gbhnews wrote:

Was thinking about french toast bc of this gem: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2022-01-28/a-brief-but-delicious-history-of-the-french-toast-alert-system

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

gbhnews wrote:

As a public service to #Boston-area residents we would like to tell you that the @frenchtoast Alert System is available here in the #fediverse.

Carry on.

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newrepublic@threads.net ("The New Republic") wrote:

GOP senators should be hounded mercilessly by reporters on whether they’ll knowingly support Patel now that Trump has made the corrupt reality of the situation so inescapably, alarmingly clear.

https://trib.al/TMNrzGb

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

https://propub.li/4gF50W0

#News #Militia #Jan6 #Insurrection #Trump #USPolitics #Journalism

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.

(Published Sept. 2024)
https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7

#News #Environment #Energy #Green #CleanEnergy #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Post-congress self portrait. Of course with cat ears! :blobcatrainbow:

#MastoArt #DigitalArt #SelfPortrait #CatEars

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• Anime style portrait of myself. Chibi style girl with long black hair and red streaks in the front, looking to the right. Wearing black fluffy cat ears with gray tips, a choker with an ankh and a black hoodie. The background is a warm yellow with a brighter yellow in the center, glowing. The general colors are warm and bright. (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Design Rules for FFF 3D Printing: https://www.hydraresearch3d.com/design-rules

#3dprinting #cad

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maobul ("Mario Bühling") wrote:

A little #cartoon at the start of the year. I hope you like it. :)

#art #stones #doodle #2025 #comic

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• 4 panel cartoon. Upper left: Two vertical boulders. Dinosaurs are visible; a large comet streaks across the sky. Upper right: Red tone of the boulders. Planes fly overhead in formation. Bottom left: The boulders are surrounded by what appears to be an alien invasion, w/various skeletal humanoids scurrying about. Bottom right: The boulders; one finally inclined against the other. A little red heart btwn them indicates affection.

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

Can you imagine the embarrassing dandruf problems Gorgons had whenever their snakes were molting? There's probably not a shampoo for that kind of thing. :thonking:

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Beautiful or goofy, no in between.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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• A black cat (Jiji) looking beautiful in front of a Christmas tree.

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

ryan@hates.company ("ryan wolf") wrote:

but no one ever asks *how'd* you take me to funkytown?

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

“With A Little Help From My Friends” by Joe Cocker

https://pandora.app.link/7qKnPj4LTPb

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• 1096a206b8199a3e.png (remote)

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

“Other Side of Town (Live)” by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/H3E8XXSLTPb

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

RussSharek@mastodon.art ("Russ Sharek") wrote:

Liam and I produced this collection of ridiculous self care reminders as part of the sound check for the upcoming episode of the #2ClownsInACloset #podcast:

https://archive.org/details/SelfCareSoundCheck

We figured our geeky friends could use their tools of choice to create the most absurd-yet-helpful timer possible.

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

“Reminds Me of You (Remastered)” by Van Morrison

https://pandora.app.link/kM5A1L6KTPb

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

“Just the Other Side of Nowhere” by John Prine & Mac Wiseman on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/zqJdWARKTPb

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• 3cabf1e4e7718819.png (remote)

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

ahhhhhhh…

“How Lucky” by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/rj3VQIBKTPb

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

grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Inner wolf. #grickledoodle #werewolf #gaming #horror #introvert #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

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• A cartoon illustration of a werewolf quietly playing video games and eating chips on his couch. Caption reads "Even on the nights he turned into a werewolf he mostly just stayed in and played online." (remote)

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

New maturity level achieved: I'm finally letting that one vanity domain I never found a use for lapse...

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LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange ("Lisa Kalayji") wrote:

In today's episode of "yes, corporations amassing data about you is always bad, no, it doesn't matter whether you think you have something to hide":

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/whistleblower-finds-unencrypted-location-data-for-800000-vw-evs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned

#Privacy #Tech #Data #InfoSec #Surveillance #Cars #Transportation

jwz wrote:

Sci-fi Tarot.
https://jwz.org/b/ykfj

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• Screenshot

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

It feels only fair that browsers should detect when you're reading the news in a native app and bombard you with notifications telling you how much better the web version is as you try to scroll.

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

yay! the session inactivity TTL works!