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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is seriously cool: https://decromancer.ca/greaseweazle/
h/t https://oldbytes.space/@VintageProject/113589661063173805
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ben.werdmuller@threads.net ("Ben Werdmüller") wrote:
Four years ago ... https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/
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tomwellborn3@threads.net ("Tom L. Wellborn") wrote:
Donald Trump’s proposed military action against Mexican drug cartels mirrors failed strategies used in Iraq and Afghanistan, risking further violence and instability. Experts warn targeting cartel leaders creates power vacuums, leading to more bloodshed. Critics argue a sustainable approach requires economic, political, and military pressure—not reckless invasions.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mexico-invasion-plan-1235223266/
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Npars01@mstdn.social ("Nicole Parsons") wrote:
Dick Uihlein hates freedom, especially freedom like the Roadrunner's freedom.
Uihlein secretly mails his catalogs to Wile E. Coyote in an ACME envelope.
/s
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
next up, handlers on the server-side to minimally re-validate & drop into PENDING database (for 2FA).
I will continue to leave the 2FA one-time-key handler (to make it move from PENDING to REAL_LIVE_USERS) *not* wired in until these seem adequate. next up after CREATE/UPDATE/DEACTIVATE: an “I forgot my password” handler.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
at the point where I turn on user account self management, I think I’m ready to go “the beta is live” and try to get >=1000 users to sign up for a decent first “live” test.
creeping closer, hope to hit that by the end of this week: just 2 weeks past the ‘back of an envelope’ time estimate I made last JAN/FEB. IMHO that ain’t too bad for an olde farte who hasn’t done the production code planning dance for decades.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
well, that was a reasonable morning’s work… log on (as “tester” / “password”) and hit the ‘Admin’ main menu choice and you get a page with tabbed panels for UPDATE email & UPDATE password & DEACTIVATE account. I *think* I got the validation & feedback logic into place, so email change button doesn’t go live until there is a valid one in there & password change button does not go live until there is a valid one typed in twice.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Oh, look! The Discovery Institute ranted against an obsolete caricature of evolution with their very own caricature!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/06/i-didnt-devolve-i-just-got-angry/
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
On 6 January
Crowd spurs that wild thread,
Voices rise, reason falters,
Chaos masks the truth.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
On March 30, we're hosting LATTE ☕ - A Workshop on Languages, Tools, and Techniques for Accelerator Design at ASPLOS
If you're working with languages and/or accelerators, you should absolutely submit a paper! The focus of the workshop is discussion, so papers on work in progress ideas and projects, or papers that identify gaps that need to be solved are highly encouraged!
Papers are 2 pages and the deadline for submission is on January 31
More info at https://capra.cs.cornell.edu/latte25/
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HeliosPi@kolektiva.social wrote:
Jan 17th - 21st events:
Friday, Jan. 17th:
~11am Produce Porch (Every Tuesday ~1pm & Friday ~11am) at 1616 SE 32nd Pl, just south of Hawthorne. Food is dropped off on the curbside then people can collect items. first come, first serve.1 - 4pm Really Really Free Market every Friday in Kenton! https://linktr.ee/pflpdx
3 - 5pm Community Free Store PDX SE, serving our neighbors every Friday at Lents with free food, harm reduction, and fun things.
7:30pm Trans & Queer fight training every Friday night at Unicorn Jiu jitsu (Stark & 92nd)
Saturday, Jan 18th:
9am Digital Security Fundamentals Training for Anti-Fascists, Info/enrollment: bit.ly/digisecworkshop9 - 11:30am Community Garden work party Location: Southminster Presbyterian Church https://www.thprd.org/events/volunteer/community-garden-work-party-at-southminster-presbyterian-church-grupo-de-trabajo-en-huertas-comunitarias-en-southminster-presbyterian-church/01-18-2025
9am - 12pm Volunteer Land Tending, Friends of Tryon Creek, 11321 South Terwilliger Boulevard, https://friendsoftryoncreek.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=77678
10 - 11am Guided Hike, free nature hike to explore Tryon Creek’s forest and learn about the plants and animals that call this natural area home. meet in front of the Nature Center.
10am - 12pm The People’s March at Portland City Hall is about one thing: our power. WE WILL UNITE IN A FEMINIST-LED DAY OF ACTION. https://action.womensmarch.com/events/people-s-march-portland-or
1pm The MAST (Mutual Aid Social Therapy) Online Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month at 1pm https://www.instagram.com/mutual_aid_social_therapy/?g=5
1 - 2:30pm grieve against the machine, a virtual grief space for anti capitalists (every Tuesday 7-8:30pm and Saturday 1-2:30pm), where: google meet, who: pdx queer death collective contact@pdxqdc.com, register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_mTWchUjnYTRI8ifYpoAhuzeu6PeJv3WDqoo40ISg6CjQ6Q/viewform
1 - 5pm The People's Inauguration Day Forum, A community forum on local grassroots campaigns. Via Letters 4 Palestine PDX. Location TBA.
4:30 - 6pm Food Not Bombs food giveaway and potluck at Buckman Elementary School, in the south playground, or if its raining in the basketball court.
5pm, Festivals of Resistance - A Gathering Before Inauguration Day, at Always Here Bookstore, 4555 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97217, USA https://withfriends.co/event/22422575/festivals_of_resistance_a_gathering_before_inauguration_day
Sunday, Jan 19th:
8:15 - 10am Winter Bird Walk, Join Park Ranger Rhett on Sunday mornings for a meandering walk through the park to observe and identify the birds that call Tryon Creek State Natural Area their home.1 - 2:30pm grieve & chill - a virtual reflection space for grieving stoners, hosted by pdx queer death collective contact@pdxqdc.com , event address: google meet, register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexHY3F1cagDUrd2ZbJNJ4-RSbxmMdiN3i-t3ICJwyzBdJIMQ/viewform
1 - 4pm Sunday Free Store at S Woods & S Corbett, building a sustainable community of care.
2pm, We Fight Back, at Revolution Hall, by Party for Socialism and Liberation
Monday, Jan 20th:
9 - 11:30am Restore the natural areas of Hyland Woods https://www.thprd.org/events/volunteer/restore-the-natural-areas-of-hyland-woods-restauracin-de-reas-naturales-en-hyland-woods/01-20-20251pm, THE ANNUAL MARCH FOR RECLAIM REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY !! 700 N Rosa Parks Way, more info at DontshootPDX.org
Tuesday, Jan 21st:
5pm The People's Inauguration Rally! Mobilize! Location TBA.
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Mastodon FeedDude is fucking Mr. Bean with a Delorean who catastrophically botched the Biff Tannen gambit. "Did I do that?"
Mastodon FeedThe best thing (the only good thing) about OpenAI is that literally every photo of Sam Douchebag looks like a record-scratch freeze-frame from an 80s movie where the voiceover says "I'll bet you're wondering how I ended up here..."
Mastodon Feedheidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:
“Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post spiking a cartoon that portrayed Jeff Bezos harshly is not an example of Jeff Bezos obeying Donald Trump in advance. It is an example of Jeff Bezos’s malign rule over the Post. Bezos is the autocrat in this scenario, not the supplicant.” https://www.findinggravity.net/p/no-jeff-bezos-is-not-obeying-in-advance
Mastodon Feedigb@mastodon.hccp.org ("Ian Brown :verified:") wrote:
The antidote to capitalism is de-capitalism.
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Mastodon FeedHey, pro tip to my Olds, if Black Flag is coming to your town go see them because they fucking KILL. That is all. https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/01-05.html
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CatharticOutlet@ohai.social ("Cathy Outlet") wrote:
Forgot to post the outcome of my Christmas/New Year’s #linocut card project.
I make them every year - this year’s motif was a #snake as it’s the year of the snake!
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Poop 19 Seconds.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/05/were-home-at-last/
Mastodon Feedanildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:
Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! https://www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/DOGE-procurement-capture/
Mastodon Feedhad an idea for a joke image involving multiple stock images of "cloaked figure" and sure enough i went to image search that, and the results were almost entirely generated slop... never mind then! it's not like the prior era of shutterstock etc was good or anything, i just wanted to make a quick simple joke image that was 100% free of the repellent aesthetics of LLM art, and the people who run search engines have decided that will no longer be possible.
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mottokrosh@social.mottokrosh.com ("Frank // Mottokrosh") wrote:
I’ve done it. Now there is an easy way to figure out whether or not you should use React for your or your company’s next project or product:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“In 1970, the book The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species was published, written by David Mech. It was a success. The book helped to popularize the alpha concept, because many people referred to Mech's work.
Mech has… repeatedly asked the publisher to stop printing the book because much of the information is outdated—including the concept behind the alpha wolf. Nevertheless, the book is still being sold.”
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-wolf-dont-alpha-males-females.amp
Mastodon Feeddnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:
♬️ AN EVENING WITH BLACK FLAG at DNA Lounge tonight: Sun Jan 5, 8pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/01-05.html
#dnalounge #aneveningwithblackflag #blackflag #hardcore #punk #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco
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matt@toot.cafe ("Matt Campbell") wrote:
@anna You might be interested in the "Coming of Age" talk by @bcantrill if you haven't seen it already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzdVSMRu16g
Granted, he's primarily responding to investors trying to lure young people away from college and into entrepreneurship.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I do not trust the Fat Orange Old Man one bit
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Some people become wise with age.
I have merely become wizened.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
my world is made of ice
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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:
Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars after just 15 days — one of the shortest windows in the country.
The sales have particularly affected low-income people, who have lost jobs after they were unable to get their cars back.
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bert_hubert@fosstodon.org ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺") wrote:
After 84518 copies of 'please-contact-me.html' they gave up it appears. Btw, I don't mind bots and search engines or even AI trawling this data. But I do hate the stupidity of trying to mirror the entire site dumbly. Also, it messes up my lovely graphs ;-)
