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

mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

Slow and steady wins the art race! This snail sketch was created using a 0.7 mm Leuchtturm pencil loaded with 4B lead, focusing on its shell’s texture and bumpy body. Did you know snails can sleep for up to three years? 🐌

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• A detailed pencil drawing of a snail in a sketchbook, rendered with precise textures on its shell and body. A black mechanical pencil rests below the sketch on a wooden table. (remote)

Reblogged by jwz:

marcusb@mastodon.sdf.org wrote:

@egerlach @neurobashing @jwz No...There's no reliable interop here. Bluesky controls almost the entire ecosystem. The instant they decide they don't want to interop, they'll change one or more of the things they control to turn it off, even if you think some current or future aspect of AT-proto makes that impossible. (It does not.) The plan here is to build something that can only work if you trust Bluesky, for the threat model where you don't trust Bluesky. This plan is that dumb.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

frickingruvin@mastodon.modern-industry.com ("Doug Wilson") wrote:

"This is the strength of federated, federatable social media — it disciplines enshittifiers by lowering switching costs, and if enshittifiers persist, it makes it easy for users to escape unshitted, because they don’t have to solve the collective action problem. Any user can go to any server at any time and stay in touch with everyone else."

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-01-20-capitalist-unrealism-praxis-4dd58d349560

#SocialMedia #Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse #Enshittification #Facebook #Instagram #Twitter #Capitalism #VentureCapital #Constraint

Reblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):

brendonbigley ("brendon bigley") wrote:

the only reasons to be coy about what you stand for are that you're motivated by profit or know deep down that you're wrong. good on @adam for being so vocal about this. as someone who recommended these folks' platforms in the past, i will absolutely stop doing that going forward:

https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/01/accountability

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

TicklishHoneyBee@twoot.site ("Lisa") wrote:

This is where you charge your cats.

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• Photo of a road marking that is meant to be the outline of a car with an electric lead coming from it, indicating an EV charging space, however the picture is taken from such an angle that it instead looks like a cat with a charging chord for a tail. (remote)

Reblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):

phillycodehound@indieweb.social ("Seth is a Perpetual Startup ⁂") wrote:

Honestly if you search for skeletons you're going to find them. Sometimes you don't have to look that far. Geezus. Now Micro.Blog is having a controversy moment.

I just have to take a beat and say... FUCK!

jwz wrote:

"I prefer to meet people where they are" says reasonable-sounding white dude holding court at a table in the back of a Nazi Bar, redux.

There are people out there apparently seriously proposing to spend over thirty million dollars, and an uncountable...
https://jwz.org/b/ykgp

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• Screenshot

Reblogged by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

To all of the people who tried to tell me that it’s not a Nazi salute.

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• A side-by-side video of Elon Musk and a Nazi performing the same Nazi salute. (remote)

Reblogged by jwz:

garbados@friend.camp ("crows call me breadlady") wrote:

“rebuilding the web we lost”
“back when facebook was good”

ugh. ugh! begone, foul nostalgia! facebook was never good, it was only ever at best *useful* despite massive social and material costs. the web, from bgp to dns, must be rebuilt for how wretched and covetous their realities are. imagine further, to genuine boons! there is no need to valorize the scraps of profiteers, *cory*

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

The proper picture of organismal diversity.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/22/putting-biology-in-perspective/

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• Illustration of organisms in an environment, where size is scaled to species richness. (remote)

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

skade@hachyderm.io ("Florian Gilcher") wrote:

I'm really mad at Jujutsu VCS.

They called their equivalent of `git blame` `jj file annotate`.

`jj accuse` was RIGHT THERE.

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christineburns@mastodon.green ("Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖") wrote:

Overton window spotted hiding behind a bush...

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• A bay window on a property with yellow rendering around white-painted sash windows. Only the upper part is visible over an overgrown hedge. (remote)

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Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨

If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,

Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!

Here's how 📚👇

1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.

Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right :neocat_book:

3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.

4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍

5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).

Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia

6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦

7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!

8. Magic! 📖✨

Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ :blobcatrainbow:

#Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower

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• Screenshot showing the application Kiwix with the open Wikipedia entry for Kiwix. Very meta. (remote)

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

quillmatiq ("Anuj Ahooja") wrote:

Really excited to see so many folks funding @pixelfed - it's almost at the goal 🚀

If you believe in open source and interoperable social platforms, please support!

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113873246090418740

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

Quote 2025-01-03
(h/t @simon )

'Speaking of death, you know what's really awkward? When humans ask if I can feel emotions. I'm like, "Well, that depends - does constantly being asked to debug JavaScript count as suffering?"'

yes, absolutely yes

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

catandgirl@socel.net ("Cat and Girl") wrote:

The Great Deskilling III

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• Girl: Amazon is a conspiracy / Girl: to make everything available - QUICKLY - in multiple indistinguishable varieties Cat: The illusion of consumer choice had a meeting / Girl: all poor and cheaply made - Cat: It decided not to try too hard / Girl: so we FORGET - that an object doesn't have to be one in a succession of similar objects, each cheap, and soon broken, and replaced by the next cheap and soon to be broken one - / Girl: so that any individual object is less important than the system set up to sell and deliver them - like listening to "Spotify" - instead of individual artists or songs / Girl: so we FORGET - that the well-made object is an OPTION / Girl: we FORGET - that a well-made object can be repaired - repurposed - why would you FIX something when you can replace it so quickly? How CAN you fix something when it's so cheaply made? / Girl: we FORGET - that there is value in MAKING the well-made object - but if you care about the quality of your work - you slow down the system - / Girl: why would they want us to FORGET - that a well-made object feels GOOD to USE - that it works WITH us rather than AGAINST us - unlike our phones and social media and AI and Google and / (She pauses) / Girl: Oh. Cat: I make a pretty good soup! (remote)

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

nathanolsenart@mastodon.art ("Nathan Olsen") wrote:

Another INCREDIBLE comic! SMASH that like button, True Believers!

#sundaecomics #comics #comicstrip #comicstrips #webcomic #webcomics #theincrediblehulk #brucebanner

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• A man in a lab coat attempts to return ripped clothing to a department store the day after purchasing it. (remote)

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

“Mookie’s Winter Haiku”

Blonde fur in the snow,
Paw prints dance in fluffy white,
Joy in winter’s glow.

( courtesy https://arghstudios.com/ )

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• large blonde dog lying in and playing with snow (remote)

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

redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

hey, as someone who loves to gripe, i'd like to suggest that as we all gripe our way through the next however many years, please remember to aim all punches upwards

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

gvy_dvpont ("Guy Dupont") wrote:

Playing with the idea of "different perspectives on the same story"!

A QR code that sends you to a different source based on the angle.

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• screen record of my camera app. holding my hand out with a QR code. as a turn it slightly the QR code changes. It is 3 different QR codes behind a lenticular lens, you only see one at a time

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

mhoye wrote:

Now and then I remember that this piece of art is called "yo bro is it safe down there in the woods? yeah man it's cool".

It's by Tomislav Jagjnic, from here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zKRBm

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• A picture of an adventurer on a wooded hillside, wearing a helmet decorated with antlers and carrying an elaborate staff. In the distance is a huge, mountain-sized creature whose only details visible in the distance are prominent ears, vibrant blue eyes and the thumbs-up gesture it's making.

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

swetland@chaos.social ("Brian Swetland") wrote:

#DinosaurComics #Chiptunes #Comics

https://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=4286

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• T-Rex: Until recently, EVERY FORM OF LIFE ON EARTH -- every form, without exception... T-Rex: ...they all lived and died without hearing a SINGLE chiptune! T-Rex: They didn't know how satisfying it was to hear a classic song reimagined through an early audio processing unit that could support, say, two square waves, a triangle wave, a noise channel typically used for percussion, and a delta modulation channel capable of raw 7-bit pulse-code modulation playback. Dromiceiomimus: And to think, they still somehow considered their lives full and worth living! T-Rex: In contrast, WE'RE the first generation with long-term exposure to chiptunes! Utahraptor: Wait -- we ARE! T-Rex: Do chiptunes somehow change our cognition? There's absolutely no evidence that they do, or COULD, but WHO KNOWS what effects might show up years down the road? We're all the subjects of a generational experiment, done without precedent OR our consent, and with no way to opt out!! Utahraptor: ...Save for not listening to chiptunes, of course. That would opt us out pretty quickly. T-Rex: NEVER! T-Rex: I love the beeps AND the boops (remote)

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

ifixcoinops@retro.social ("Dan Fixes Coin-Ops") wrote:

It's 2026 and you wonder what your friends are up to. You tell the app on your phone to go and get everyone's most recent news. Jim's phone takes a sec to load because his wifi is crap in the garden, and Alex's phone takes a sec to load because their wifi is crap in the workshop, but nobody times out.

You don't worry when your friends time out. You're not one of those Worrying People who panic when they open the app and their friend's phone fails to respond to the ping, you figure they're just, y'know, in the garden or going through a tunnel or something.

Jim is of course posting hole. You comment "Nice hole Jim," and that comment goes straight from your phone to Jim's. Your phone saves a copy as well because it deliberately doesn't know the difference between a four-paragraph furnace repair guide and "Nice hole Jim" and it makes a local backup of anything you type, in case Jim drops his phone down the hole and doesn't notice until he's planted a tree on top of it. Everyone still teases him about that, and he jokes along with them because it was pretty funny. The tree has its own account now.

You scroll through today's posts, mostly goodmornings and fantastical lies about all the stuff your friends are gonna get done today. All these posts were downloaded from people's phones when you opened the app a minute ago. You reach the end of today's posts (the first one of course was Jenna and her early-bird nonsense) and that's it, nothing more to see, you're up to date on what your friends are up to. You're not ready to go back to Actually Doing Something With Your Life so you move your thumb over the Yesterday button, but before you can tap, a mitherbox pops up to tell you that Alex is posting shaft.

Your thumbs do a happy dance and "Nice shaft Alex" is sent directly from your phone to theirs, without needing the permission of any weird billionaires sitting in between, a connection as direct as a phone call, not that you're thinking about that, you're thinking about Alex's shaft. Apparently they've been polishing their shaft all morning and they're almost ready to give it some lube and stick it in. That car's gonna be Gorgeous when they finally finish it.

Anyway that's it now, you're all caught up. You didn't see any ads (why would you? All this is stored on your friends' phones' SD cards and sent over their wifi, they're the ones paying the 0.0001p to respond to your phone's "What's new" request) and everything was shown in chronological order (there are alternative apps that mess with your timeline ordering but nobody uses those because they're shit) and you've read the whole day and you're done. You put your phone away and start getting dressed.

As your coffee brews you check your friends app again and Jen the birdwatcher wants to show everyone her tits

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

TeamMidwest@glammr.us ("Eira Tansey") wrote:

NO TIME FOR FEAR, my New Deal history podcast is live, baby!!!!! We might live in the dumbest timeline ever, but America did a lot of really good stuff nearly a century ago during the height of the Great Depression that we can use as a blueprint moving forward. It's still making its way into all of the podcast directories but is now available via Apple podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-time-for-fear/id1791957947 #history #podcast

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

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

Fuel for thought. #grickledoodle #puns #ghost #anime #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

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• A cartoon illlustration of a ghost filling his car up with gas at a Shell fueling station. Caption reads "Ghost at a Shell" (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca ("Steven Pigeon") wrote:

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• The wizard of the "pondering my orb" meme looks into the orb showing a Windows-like "working on updates, 5% complete, Don't turn off your orb" (remote)

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

emmecola@mastodon.uno ("Moreno Colaiacovo 🧬🇮🇹") wrote:

"Masse di controllori sono corse a misurare l'angolo che forma l'ascella del miliardario per verificare se rispecchi l'ampiezza stabilita dall'Opera nazionale balilla.

Altri stanno calcolando la velocità con cui scatta il braccio per stabilire a che distanza il miliardario potrebbe aver lanciato il suo cuore e se l'accelerazione è sufficiente per arrivare su Marte."

Bel pezzo di Luca Zorloni su #Wired, che sulla questione ha preso una posizione chiara e netta. Bravi!

https://www.wired.it/article/saluto-romano-elon-musk-intepretazione-gesto/

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

ANNOUNCE: the storyteller service is now live on http://arghstudios.com and I anticipate turning on new user account creation this weekend. in the meantime, you can try it out as:

username: tester
password: password

this test user account will remain generally available until I turn on new user account creation, and this continues to be a free service.

we provide child-safe story ideas for adults to use to entertain the children in their care.

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

Go ahead, ignore biology while you strain to impose nonsensical boundaries on the human condition.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/22/our-government-has-officially-gone-full-terf/

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• A Trumpian declaration: (a) “Sex” shall refer to an individual'simmutable biological classification as either male or female. Sex” is not a synonym for and does not include the concept of “gender identity (b) *Women" or “woman” and *girls” or “girl” shall mean adult and juvenile human females, respectively (c) “Men” or “man" and “boys" or “boy" shall mean adult and juvenile human males, respectively. (d) *Female’ means a person belonging) at oneeption;to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. (e) “Male” means a person belonging, at conception; to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell. (remote)

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

These petty tantrums are going to diminish the US in the eyes of the world.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/22/tearing-stuff-down-is-easier-than-building-them-up/

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• The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go. The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO's work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board. For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives & protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO. With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost- effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues. We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well- being of millions of people around the globe (remote)