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

setting up a pixelfed account, thought I had one long ago, but…

https://pixelfed.social/p/jsonstein/791072532874418086

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ Just announced: Sun Mar 23, 7:30pm: TRON '82: MOVIE SCREENING + DANCE PARTY
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/03-23.html?utm_source=sp_ma
#dnalounge #tron82 #cyberdelia #turbodrive #techno #industrial #sanfrancisco

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• 716fbe022bec9fd4.mp4 (remote)

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

If your website is so slow that I have time to take a screenshot of the loading spinner after noticing, from a fast machine and network, there are whole layers of management that have explaining to do.

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

Dear Lazyweb: can anyone recommend a Friendica server instance??

jwz wrote:

Jezebel knows how to write a headline. https://www.jezebel.com/whiny-little-bitch-cant-stop-being-a-whiny-little-bitch

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

ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
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Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-usaid-humanitarian-aid-freeze-ukraine-gaza-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #USPolitics #Palestine #Sudan #Ukraine #Yemen #Humanitarian #Aid

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keithamus@indieweb.social wrote:

https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10013#issuecomment-2627222385

Call to action for #WebComponent / #ShadowDOM fans: I've added an experimental flag to Firefox lifting the restriction on adoptedStyleSheets, meaning shadowroots can adopt `link.sheet` or `style.sheet`.

Please try this out, and let me know if you encounter issues!

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

The scramble to back up CDC.gov:

"An employee working for an agency funded by federal grants working in HIV care told Garbage Day that their manager said the CDC website is expected to come down “in its entirety” and “to save what they might need.”" https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-scramble-to-back-up-cdc-gov

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

xerophile@union.place ("Sarah Grisham") wrote:

Dear Dangerously Hapless and Enabling Media,

Using the nazi US president’s euphemisms in your articles and headlines is how we got here in the first place.

He’s not planning a “migrant facility” offshore. IT’S A FUCKING CONCENTRATION CAMP.

Connect the nazi dots for your audiences, ffs, lest you end up offshored yourselves.

Bestest,
Sarah

#USPol #Trump #NaziFuck

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gbhnews wrote:

🌤️ Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 38F at Logan Airport and visibility is 5mi.

The Trump admin says tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada will go into effect on Saturday.

Actor and Mad Men star John Hamm will be Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

The FAA has closed air routes over the Potomac to helicopters indefinitely after a deadly midair crash.

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

augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

The Onion is hitting a bit hard today.

https://theonion.com/ice-agent-decides-he-wants-kids-after-seeing-incredible-1826461558/

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• Onion headline: ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child

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

arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/just-give-me-the-fing-links-cursing-disables-googles-ai-overviews/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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

linuzifer@23.social wrote:

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

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

krisvdm@mastodon.nl ("Krisvdm") wrote:

Ukraine is stopping Russian oil from flowing.
Without oil Russia is finished #russia #oil #ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46373

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• Showing strikes on Russian oil infrastructure as a bingo card (remote)

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lavaeolus@fedihum.org ("Henrik Schönemann") wrote:

The section "LGBTQ+ Veterans" is gone from the website of the National Cemetery Administration (Veterans Affairs)
#WhiteHouseWash

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• [Get more resources at VeteransCrisisLine.net.

       Last updated: January 27, 2025
  
     Veteran programs and services
  
       \* Homeless Veterans
       \* Women Veterans
       \* Minority Veterans
       ~~~\* LGBTQ+ Veterans~~~
       \* PTSD
       \* Mental health
       \* Adaptive sports and special events
       \* VA outreach events
       \* National Resource Directory][6] ([remote][7])
  

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

jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff (of the internet)") wrote:

Welcome to #Mastodon @snopes

https://infosec.exchange/@snopes/113921158212826824

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realTuckFrumper ("#TuckFrump") wrote:

Trump’s demands to drop DEI leads to deletion of unrelated federal pages https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-administration-dei-irs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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• 3e77915c81d8c66b.jpeg

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dansup ("Daniel Supernault") wrote:

Global Switch Day. February 1st 2025.

Spread the word.

#mastodon #pixelfed #signal #friendica #peertube #loops

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• A grid of six promotional panels for 'Global Switch Day' on February 1st, 2025, each showing a transition between social media platforms: X (formerly Twitter) to Mastodon Instagram to Pixelfed WhatsApp to Signal Facebook to Friendica YouTube to PeerTube TikTok to Loops.video Each panel uses distinctive brand colors and includes platform logos connected by arrows, suggesting a migration from mainstream to alternative social media platforms.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

By far my favorite part of Belgium is this demonic goose.

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• A goose ornament on the central plaza of Brussels, illuminated by green light from below.

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simontatham@hachyderm.io ("Simon Tatham") wrote:

In the old #ASCII days, you could change a letter between upper and lower case by XORing its character code with 0x20. Of course, if you tried this with anything that wasn't a letter, you'd get nonsense results.

If you try that with #Unicode code points, it sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. But Unicode can deliver much more impressive nonsense when it doesn't.

A fun example I just found: the "lower-case" version of CAR is NO PEDESTRIANS.

>>> chr(ord('🚗') ^ 0x20)
'🚷'

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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

an editor changed my header titled “Lessons learned” to “Learnings”

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• John wick loading his gun frantically (remote)

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jackmcconnell@mstdn.social (":wordpress: Jack") wrote:

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/31/severance-book-promotion/

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madskjeldgaard@sonomu.club ("Mads Kjeldgaard") wrote:

The creator of #SuperCollider just dropped a new programming language for audio

https://github.com/lfnoise/sapf

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benalldridge ("Ben Alldridge") wrote:

It’s pretty insane just how much data you can pull out of an unmodified #canon5dmarkiv sensor shooting #astrophotography. The fact I was balanced on a very slippery rock with my tripod in waist deep water at 3am with my tracking mount after driving 8 hours to shoot this feels like it deserves some credit.

#photography folks, what’s the dumbest setup you’ve used for the shot?

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• The image is set in a small bay with a large rock pool rimmed by smooth, rounded boulders. There is a lone tree stood atop the far shoreline. Behind it, the galactic core of the Milky Way rises. The Milky Way is reflected in the rockpool in the foreground.

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ancient_catbus@jorts.horse ("Catbus") wrote:

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

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• Bugs and Daffy standing by a tree, sign reads DUCK SEASON, then RABBIT SEASON then ELMER SEASON, and they both glare ominously off camera (remote)

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

Today in History: Franz Schubert born in Lichtenthal, Vienna, Austria, 1797

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

Today in History: Grateful Dead busted in New Orleans, 1970

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

Today in History: Irving Langmuir invented tungsten filament lamp, 1881

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

Today in History: Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered

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

Today in History: Hewlett-Packard founded, 1939