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mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:") wrote:

One of my favorite webcomic artists is now on the fedi!

Do give @existentialcomics a follow.

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mrencyclopedia@retro.pizza ("Mr. Encyclopedia") wrote:

@sarahjamielewis RSS is still as useful as it ever was. Both of my websites use it, Mastodon uses it, every podcast uses it, but people talk about it like it's dead because Google killed Reader a decade ago.

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bmp@mastodon.sdf.org ("Bharath M. Palavalli") wrote:

An attempt at a water colour painting…

#watercolour #fediart #painting #crows

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• A water colour painting of two black crows looking at each other against a light blue wash titled "Attempted Murder!" at the bottom. (remote)

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein I want to know how you advertise your events.
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/01/13.html?utm_source=sp_ma

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• Screenshot

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joe@f.duriansoftware.com ("Joe Groff") wrote:

haha yeah right. is this "undefined behavior" in the room wi [room gets deleted by optimizer]

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esoastronomy@astrodon.social ("ESO") wrote:

Astronomers have long thought that the upper clouds of Jupiter, which create the planet’s iconic pale brown belts, are made of frozen ammonia.

But the joint efforts between an amateur astronomer with his backyard telescope 🔭 and professional scientists with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), have now shown that they're actually made of something completely different 😲

Most likely, they are made of ammonium hydrosulphide mixed with smog, although vertical convection can sometimes bring ammonia ice clouds to the top.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2502a/?lang

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

The world's wealth is wasted on these pathetic worms. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/01/13

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benjaminus ("Ben") wrote:

Today I photographed in Raw format for the first time and then edited with #darktable. #photography #mosstodon #naturephotography #nature

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• Moss on a branch during a winter day with direct sunlight

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mikeolson ("Mike Olson") wrote:

One of my favorite podcasts is Oxide and Friends by @bcantrill and @ahl. The episode on Intel after Gelsinger was excellent:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/intel-after-gelsinger

Bryan and Adam talk at length about deep cultural inertia at Intel and how it's stymied the company's efforts to maintain its leadership position in the market.

They make some interesting and very specific recommendations about how a new CEO ought to change the company to meet the moment.

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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The Rust ecosystem is amazing, but it can be hard to discover new crates. Today @ahl and I will be joined by our colleagues @mycoliza and @rain who will offer their wisdom and walk us through some crates you should know. Join us, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1328411346429018236

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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

By Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), oil, silver and gold on canvas, 140 × 140 cm (55.1 × 55.1 in), Neue Galerie, New York City. #arthistory

From the website: ‘This painting is revolutionary for both its timeless beauty and a provenance story that represents perseverance and justice. In 1938, the portrait was one of five Klimt paintings seized by the Nazis from the Bloch-Bauer's home. For decades, the masterpiece was displayed in Vienna where it was renamed “Woman in Gold” to conceal the sitter's identity. Over the course of decades, surviving heir Maria Altmann fought for the return of her family’s property.

In 2005, a panel hearing before the United States Supreme Court determined that the paintings were to be restituted to the heirs. This was a landmark restitution case. In 2006, Ronald S. Lauder acquired Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I for the Neue Galerie New York, and it has been on permanent view at the museum since, adhering to the wishes of the family.’

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• From the website: “Klimt presents Adele Bloch-Bauer in an ambiguous position—it is unclear if she is standing or is seated in an armchair that is covered in sinuous spirals. A golden and highly ornamented halo surrounds her face. Her flushed cheeks and vivid red lips convey the sensuality of the woman behind the portrait. Adele Bloch-Bauer’s hands are clasped together in an unusual fashion to mask a disfigured finger about which she was extremely self-conscious. Adele Bloch-Bauer is bedecked in precious jewelry, including a diamond choker, which had been a wedding present from her husband Ferdinand. (When the Nazis seized the Bloch-Bauer collection, this stunning necklace ended up in the possession of notorious Nazi leader Hermann Göring.) The form-fitting sheath she wears is adorned with all-seeing eye motifs set within golden triangles. The diaphanous cloak that surrounds her is studded with her initials “AB,” raised in low relief. The black and white trim at the lower left edge recalls decorative elements on pieces of furniture from Klimt’s studio that were fabricated by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). The portrait has been called the greatest in the artist’s “golden style.”’ (remote)

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

@jasonkoebler the only thing you're allowed to enjoy anymore is swiping things on your phone and eating snacks

that's it those are the only things

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

@W6KME stay safe friend

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W6KME@mastodon.radio wrote:

Hooligan Circuit is now on the expected shutoff list-just received notice.

#SCE #PDS

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

Today in History: Daevid Allen born Melbourne Australia, 1938 (Australian musician, co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine & Gong)

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

Today in History: Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973

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

Today in History: Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance, 1930

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

Today in History: Wilhelm Wien born, 1864 (Nobel prize for blackbody radiation laws)

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

Today in History: Sophie Tucker born, 1884 (singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality... known by the nickname "the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas")

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

Today in History: Horatio Alger born, 1832

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

looks like some resources are getting strained to the breaking point… and hurricane-force winds have made this into an insane firefighting environment.

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

Why can't I live in Australia?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/13/australians-dont-fool-me/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrCW6ZR_eg

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denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman Rooke") wrote:

Join the global movement. ✊
#GameDevUnion #JoinAUnion

https://jacobin.com/2025/01/video-game-workers-unions-layoffs

If you work in games in Ireland, join me in Game Workers Unite Ireland 👉 https://www.fsunion.org/join/GWUIreland

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calcifer@hackers.town ("calcifer :nes_fire:") wrote:

My child has established “stay whimsical, silly geese” as a gender-neutral way to depart from a group and I have secured their consent to steal it and make it available to anyone else who finds it useful

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alanz@social.coop ("Alan Zimmerman") wrote:

@cstanhope see also recent developer voices podcast with the author

Developer Voices: Pony: High-Performance, Memory-Safe Actors (with Sean Allen)

Episode webpage: https://zencastr.com/z/P4-WeO28

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

Damn it, now I have to purge all of my bookshelves.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/13/ill-never-be-able-to-read-neil-gaimans-work-again/

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• Neil Gaiman: "Call me Master" (remote)

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

Atheists are wrong to not believe in phenomena that have no good evidence, says Templeton Prize winner.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/13/believe-in-belief-says-famous-physicist/

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

charism8 wrote:

The mist is creeping out of the stream-bed, where is been lurking since this morning

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• A footpath with bare trees reaching over it from the left. To the right is a dip with green banks rising on the other side and a large bare tree against an evening sky. The dip is filled with mist which is creeping up onto the footpath ahead

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

Making Choices

Bills on the table,
Papers stack like clouds above,
Pay with thoughtfulness.

h/t https://arghstudios.com:50433/

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jdmccafferty@mastodon.online wrote:

Bat, with spider, c. 1691-1699

By Maria Sibylla Merian, b. 2 Apr 1647, d. #otd 13 Jan 1717. (British Museum)

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