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

I don't understand how any woman can stand to be pretend-married to Kent Hovind.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/16/kent-hovinds-latest-wife-says-bye-bye/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GUVT7Bd3Vk

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gersande@silvan.cloud ("Gersande La Flèche") wrote:

Last August, Lynch (who had emphysema) said he might never direct again because of the "let it rip" covid unmitigation strategies adopted by governments everywhere.

Wondering how many mourners would willingly, and without prompting, wear a mask around people suffering from Long Covid, respiratory illnesses, or other immune dysfunction, out of respect for their struggle, instead of placing the entire burden on vulnerable disabled people.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/david-lynch-age-movies-emphysema-smoking-b2591296.html

#DavidLynch

jwz wrote:

Sigh. What does it mean when a Mac Studio Mac13,2 crashes with this sound before powering off?

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• dcb41cb52d82d568.mp3

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chaotin@corteximplant.com ("Chaotin Knuspergoblin :cv_cyan:") wrote:

Still giggling about HÖNKHALT 😂

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• The image features several swans partially covered by blue IKEA bags in a green field, accompanied by humorous text suggesting new names like BYRDKONTAIN or HÖNKHALT for the bags based on their use to restrain birds (remote)

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Garwboy@ohai.social ("Dean Burnett (that brains guy)") wrote:

Having my snarky writing efforts earn the public approval of ACTUAL BLOODY IRVINE 'AUTHOR OF TRAINSPOTTING' WELSH is *not* how I saw today going...

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• Irvine Welsh saying "“A sentient toilet brush who got rich by inventing online stalking” is a wonderfully on the money description." In response to original post by me describing Mark Zuckerberg as exactly that, in response to his complaints about 'feminine energy' neutering companies. (remote)

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

What? Me, retire?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/16/an-unfortunate-retraction/

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• skeleton, at their desk (remote)

jwz wrote:

What's the most zipbomb-like JPEG or PNG that can be constructed? Small file size, plausible dimensions, but massive memory footprint?

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delroth@delroth.net ("Pierre Bourdon") wrote:

lol @fosdem actually inviting fucking Jack Dorsey to give a keynote, sounds like I accidentally picked the right year to not be able to come.

btw if you do plan to go I encourage you to join Drew DeVault's planned protest: https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares-at-FOSDEM-please.html

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davva23@kolektiva.social ("Davva") wrote:

@CarePackage17 @ayoub
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RQthFDpYCys

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javier@col.social ("javier :vericol:") wrote:

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• David Lynch during his traditional weather report. He says: good morning everyone. It is an absolute shitshow out there today. (remote)

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Given Proton Mail’s fashiness coming out of the woodwork, lots of folks are looking at switching away — but they have a reasonable concern: Aren’t Proton Mail’s privacy features special, different from a normal mail provider?

AFAICT, the answer is yes in •theory•, but you aren’t giving up that much in •practice•.

Short 🧵 surfacing notes I put in a reply — and likely containing inaccurations about Proton Mail, so please correct me if you have better info!

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

Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever - The New York Times

"Mr. Zuckerberg blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for Facebook’s culture, according to one of the people with knowledge of the meeting. He said new guidelines and a series of layoffs amounted to a reset and that more changes were coming."

Zuck blaming the person who helped scale Facebook’s data ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/01/16/stephen-miller-channeling-trump-has.html

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pinakographos@mapstodon.space ("Daniel P. Huffman") wrote:

Useless Projection #6: The Asymmetric Monstrosity. A combination of the sinusoidal, Mollweide, Equal Earth, and cylindrical equal-area projections. It's all equal-area, so it's suitable for the classroom.

(I now have a goal for this year: make an elaborate wall map in this projection).

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Deny, Defend, Depose"
Luigi mural spotted in Varna, Bulgaria

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

Neil Gaiman gets battered some more, deservedly.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/16/rebecca-watson-is-on-the-case/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcyQPxFRug

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

My daughter's pixelated rendition of https://www.pinterest.com/pin/312226186664129382/. Her first attempt at #pixelart .

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• Pixel art picture of a blue and purple magical leopard sitting on a rock against a backdrop of a night sky with a large moon.

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

The RedNote honeymoon won’t last - by Taylor Lorenz

"I don’t want to pour cold water on all the beautiful moments where people are genuinely connecting across cultures, but this honeymoon phase will not last, nor will RedNote ever truly be able to replicate TikTok’s popularity."

Signed up for RedNote this week. Americans are enchanted by videos of Chinese cities and culture. They’re angry and feel mislead by years ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/01/16/the-rednote-honeymoon-wont-last.html

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fluconf@social.cryptography.dog ("FluConf") wrote:

#fluConf2025 will feature a track on Luddism, and we're still looking for submissions.

We want to hear from people that are talking or writing about the deliberate use of technology, resistance to the dominant narratives in tech hype cycles, analysis of the strategies employed by venture capitalists and their distorting effects on society, activism against extractive and exploitative technologies, sabotage of algorithmic systems, and whatever else Luddism means to you.

Apply up until midnight of January 19th, 2025 (anywhere on Earth)

https://fluconf.online/apply/

#luddism #workingClass #laborHistory #sabotage #classWar #resist #AI #directAction #algorithm #capitalism #hyperCapitalism #enshittification #butlerianJihad

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

Today in History: The Medici family are made official bankers of the Papacy, 1412

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Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:") wrote:

@arstechnica Bad, bad idea.

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Kyle Griffin:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has sent a 31-page, 180-question letter to Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent ahead of his confirmation hearing, writing:

"The Treasury Secretary must safeguard our financial system … not just help rich investors make more money." tinyurl.com/wma22ydu

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

Today in History: setuid bit patent issued, to Dennis Ritchie, 1979

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

All the signs were there that the Democrats were incompetent on the Palestine issue. Should we be surprised that a lot of people lost interest in supporting them?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/16/the-red-lines-are-imaginary/

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• Netanyahu & Biden, chums (remote)

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

We have to keep hammering away at the obvious.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/16/if-we-say-the-obvious-often-enough-will-people-figure-it-out/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSsL85FaEs

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ComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:

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• In a flashback, the silver age Iron Man is seen in his golden armor in an apparent forest, standing behind a giant rock, holding a microphone wired to his belt. He recounts, “When I left Vanco momentarily…I quickly recorded the speech he just heard on my TAPE MACHINE! I was certain that he’d BELIEVE it…because he knows how treacherous all Communists are!“ (remote)

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Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

I wonder if there are any major airlines who put their first class / business seats at the back, since it has a statistically higher survival rate in the event of a crash...

It's challenging from a logistics PoV , but doesn't seem unsolvable (e.g. add an exit at the back...)

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frenshape@beige.party ("Frenshape") wrote:

@jwz it doesn't make any sense to me, but after creating an account and posting a random image nobody showed up to tell me how I was doing it wrong because I didn't include a sonnet of alt text and hide my picture behind some magic assortment of shame tags.

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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:

For the first time ever, Mastodon’s share of Fediverse distribution software has dropped below 70%.

This is due to Pixelfed’s sudden growth. 50,000 people joined today.

https://fedidb.org/

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• Mastodon 69.9% Misskey 9.3% PeerTube 4.5% Lemmy 4.3% Pixelfed 3.1% Microdotblog 1.7% Writefreely 1.4% Pleroma 1.2% Bridgy-fed 0.8% Other 3.8% (remote)

jwz wrote:

To summarize the replies to my question, so that you don't have to continue incorrecting each other in this thread:

Author of ActivityPub spec: "Yeah that's not how any of this is supposed to work."

Author or Pixelfed: "There are some reasons, they're not great, we hope to fix that someday."

A bunch of people:

Literally everyone else: "The way it was implemented is Right and Perfect, better things are Not Possible, you must not Understand Software."