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

playing around with the possibility of adding 3D scenes, added generic support files route for things not in main menu, test scene seems to work fine.

https://arghstudios.com/support/testScene.html

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

Something tells me @amerpie likes movies. 😂

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jk ("josef") wrote:

programming subconsciously makes people unhappy because half the lines of text you're seeing on your screen end with the ); emoticon

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

If you start to see the US judiciary’s authority dismantled- they’re the final check on executive power - then you’re in the endgame to authoritarian rule.

It’s not there yet. But one to watch. The party of law and order may be the party who successfully disband it, it looks like they’re flirting with trying.

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

President Musk has tweeted that the judge is “corrupt” and called for him to be “impeached now” and the Vice President has said federal judges shouldn’t have legal power.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-judiciary-musk-separation-of-powers-balance-checks-069c169ea1ddf6eea76f502d544c4c16

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dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

Just remembered back in the day when Philly did this.

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Domestic Enemy Hat") wrote:

Huh some people don’t like being called Good Germans

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ajsadauskas@vivaldi.net ("AJ Sadauskas") wrote:

@JessTheUnstill MAGA was never, at its core, a grassroots working class movement from the rustbelt, as some analysts tried to claim around 2016.

It was always a billionaires' movement funded by billionaires, fronted by a billionaire.

The claim that these intergenerationally wealthy capital owning nepobabies stand for the common man, and the wage earners that criticise them are the elites, has always been laughable.

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tjw@social.lol ("Timothy Wood") wrote:

Seeing a bunch of protest signs out there that aren't super legible. Not gonna call out any specific one out and good on you for getting out there. But, as someone with years of experience making, uh, hand painted signs intended to be read at a distance -- here are a few simple tips!

(1/)

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SteveFaulkner ("Steve Faulkner") wrote:

When you stop thinking accessibility is about making stuff work with and for people with disabilities you get:

accessibility for all lives matter

#a11y is #political #disability

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matuzo@front-end.social ("Manuel Matuzović") wrote:

We're going for complex solutions because we believe we have complex problems. Often the complexity doesn't coming inherently with the tasks but we create it. The reasons are manifold but often it's lack of understanding of the basics. The quality of projects I worked with as an external consultant would've been so much higher, resulting in better a11y and UX for our users (because that's what matters!), if devs (and designers!) would've been good at HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS. When you 1/2

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

Go get 'em, @heydon

https://youtu.be/LbjxvvKEtyE?si=mR9hoOL329EArtc0

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SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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popcornreel@mas.to ("Omar Moore") wrote:

As a New York Giants fan (yikes!) I can’t stand the Eagles. But I am glad they thumped the MAGA team. Symbolic that Philadelphia, home of the Liberty Bell and the city of brotherly love, prevailed over that team in red and white.

#superbowl

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hbtyson@mastodon.art ("H.B. Tyson") wrote:

Finishing up a block for class

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amit@social.lol ("Amit Gawande :verified_coffee:") wrote:

Toward a more diverse social web: https://omglol.news/2025/02/01/toward-a-more-diverse-social-web

A welcome offer with omg.lol providing a free year of membership to anyone in a minority group. Including people in India. So if you don't yet have an address on the Internet, you can benefit from this.

Along with everything else, you get a Mastodon profile, too. So, do explore and spread the word. h/t @prami @adam

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davidaugust@mastodon.online ("David August") wrote:

Spiral Staircase inside Peleș Castle in Sinaia, Romania

#beautiful #architecture #wood #staircase #StainedGlass #Romania

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

The bastards didn't even seed

Meta "modified the config setting so that the smallest amount of seeding possible could occur"

https://torrentfreak.com/authors-seek-metas-torrent-client-logs-and-seeding-data-in-ai-piracy-probe-250120/

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Sophie@dice.camp ("Sophie 🎲🧩🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

I mean, come on. This is sick as hell https://youtu.be/mUgXSgYZ9TE

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:

Not everyone likes football. Some people prefer cats. So if you're one of those people, here's Fishy.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
herereadthis.blog@herereadthis.blog ("Here, Read This") wrote:

Email from a local county Dem party chair

So. Got an email from the Democratic party chair of a neighboring county (I volunteered to canvas there, so I’m on their list, which is a good thing, because I don’t seem to be on my own county’s list, or they don’t like me, or they’re just not sending emails).

Some very interesting tidbits in there about calling your congresspeople.

«Every single day, the Senior Staff and the Senator get a report of the most-called-about topics for that day at each of their offices, and exactly how many people said what about each of those topics. Republican callers generally outnumber Democratic callers 4-1, and when it’s a particular issue that single-issue-voters pay attention to (like gun control, or Planned Parenthood funding, etc…), it’s often closer to 11-1, and that’s recently pushed congressmen on the fence to vote with the Republicans.»

4! To 1! Republicans absolutely not afraid to pick up the phone and tell their congresspeople what’s on their mind. Maybe because they are actually on board with this democracy thing (crazy, I know).

More good stuff:

«Give them your zip code. They won’t always ask for it, but make sure you give it to them, so they can mark it down. Extra points if you live in a zip code that traditionally votes for them, since they’ll want to make sure they get/keep your vote.

Pick 1-2 specific things per day to focus on. Don’t rattle off everything you’re concerned about — they’re figuring out what 1-2 topics to mark down for you on their lists. It’s important that they just keep getting calls.

Be clear on what you want and write it down before you dial the phone — “I’m disappointed that the Senator…” or “I want to thank the Senator for their vote on… or “I want the Senator to know that voting in _____ way is the wrong decision for our state because…” Don’t leave any ambiguity.

They may get to know your voice/get sick of you — it doesn’t matter. The people answering the phones generally turn over every 6 weeks anyway, so even if they’re really sick of you, they’ll be gone in 6 weeks.

And, finally, guess what web site they recommended?

https://5calls.org/!

Ha!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UnicornRiot ("Unicorn Riot") wrote:

Watch our archived livestream from today in Denver that just wrapped:

https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/coloradans-rally-at-state-capitol-to-support-immigrants-and-protest-mass-deportations/

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

By giving Elon Musk’s engineers access to USAID’s entire digital network, including personal information for thousands of employees, the Trump administration may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts told ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #Musk #DOGE #USAID #Government #Trump #Law

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
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The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.

https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #Jan6 #History #DOJ #Government #Trump

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DJ5CW@social.darc.de ("Fabian Kurz, DJ5CW/SO5CW") wrote:

Had a #morsecode contact with WB0RXQ on 15m today and found out on his QRZ profile that he builds fantastic antenna tuners. All variable capacitors and roller inductors are homemade in his machining shop. I don't need a new ATU or any components now, but it's great to know that these components are still made, in high quality, and reasonably priced! https://www.blueridgeamateurradio.com/ #hamradio

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DJ5CW@social.darc.de ("Fabian Kurz, DJ5CW/SO5CW") wrote:

Wonderful illustrated story of SM6BGP's 2200m/630m antenna construction. Don't miss the part where he drilled a hole into his workshop wall to put a long aluminium pipe into his lathe! Ham radio at its best 😍 https://www.500khz.se/antenna.php #hamradio #longwave

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kr1st@mastodon.radio ("Alex KR1ST (he/him)") wrote:

Well, look who I ran into in this book "War Diaries, Stalemate" by Volodymyr Gurtovy, US7IGN. It's no other than fellow Mastodonian @DJ5CW !

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

#Superb_Owl Sunday:
Plate with “fantastical #owl wearing a crown,” c. 1525-50
Hispano-Moresque (Manises, Valencia, Spain)
Tin-glazed earthenware with luster decoration, 2 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (5.2 x 45.9 cm)
On display at The Walters Museum 48.1099
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

Canada running Superbowl ads about "Your Ally to the North" to calm down the crazy Americans.

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

With the latest update to #Mastodon's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or filter it. Of course, the reminder can be simply toggled off in preferences.