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macrumors ("MacRumors.com") wrote:

Apple Resumes Advertising on X https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
kissane@mas.to ("Erin Kissane") wrote:

Reposting bc @boby_biq either found or made a gif of the *exact moment* I was thinking of when I wrote it

Give me the Avasarala interface you cowards, I yelled into my desk drawer

https://erinkissane.com/against-entropy

Attachments:

• gifv: In an episode of The Expanse, Chrisjen Avasarala summons a holographic interface, watches two lines intersect in a bad way, and is captioned as saying "What the f*** is this".

jwz wrote:

I am declaring a complete moratorium on people "sounding the alarm".

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

To give you some idea of how little regard Trump pays to the critical role of cybersecurity, he is reportedly set to nominate the former COO of the Republican National Committee, Sean Cairncross, as the new head of the Office of the National Cyber Director. This guy has zero experience in the cybers.

"In his new role, Cairncross would be responsible for coordinating national cybersecurity policy, advising the president on cyber threats, and ensuring a unified federal response to emerging cyber-risks. He would share responsibility for advising the president on cyber matters, along with the director of cyber at the White House National Security Council (NSC) — a group that advises the president on all matters security related, and not just cyber."

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/president-trump-nominate-former-rnc-official-national-cyber-director

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
candide@vis.social ("candide.xyz") wrote:

I can't find the original post that shared this amazing #zine on the history of #rss on Mastodon, but I read it online yesterday and really enjoyed it!

"RSS Is (Not) Dead (Yet): How monopolies are destroying blogs, podcasts, and webcomics" by A. Service and A. McNamee

Buy a physical copy: https://audmcname.itch.io/rss-is-not-dead-yet

Read online: https://audmcname.com/comics/rss-is-not-dead-yet/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
CurlyParakeet@mastodon.online wrote:

This is Ned.

Ned is handmade.

Ned is unique - there will only ever be one Ned.

Ned is made from scraps that would otherwise be thrown away - he’s economical with materials.

Ned is tangible (and he has a fluffy tail).

Ned is unpolished and imperfect.

Ned is the product of imagination.

Ned makes me smile.

Ned is everything I believe we lose when we accept Generative AI into our lives.

Ned is me venting my frustration.

Ned is a small protest.

#crochet #craft #grumble

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct 💀") wrote:

maybe instead of a linkedin-alike, a tool that collects and organizes workers by interest, region, and skill, and connects them to resources for starting and joining worker-owned cooperatives

jwz wrote:

I have a friend working on a decades-long Big Science project. "Hey, has the Space Nazi killed you yet?"

"The part of the project run out of █████ went nuts with pre-compliance, "proactively" deleting all the online community LGBTQIA+ discussion groups, etc. Then they doubled down in some project town halls, clearly expressing zero tolerance for *anything* that pressures funding, and willingness to throw *anybody* under the bus when the purse strings are pulled...
https://jwz.org/b/ykiE

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
europesays@pubeurope.com ("Europe Says") wrote:

https://www.europesays.com/1842474/ USAID inspector fired after revealing nearly $500m in food aid was about to spoil amid Trump funding freeze #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

VoteVets Senior Advisor LTC (Ret.) Alex Vindman sounds the alarm.

SecDef Hegseth’s decision to block Ukraine from NATO is a full capitulation to Putin—emboldening Russian aggression and putting U.S. Troops at risk.

This isn’t “America First.” It’s Russia First. - VoteVets

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

#ProLifeMyAss

Here we go, folks.

"US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off

Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/us-aid-freeze-claims-first-victims-as-oxygen-supplies-cut/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hn50@social.lansky.name ("Hacker News 50") wrote:

Zeroperl: Sandboxing Perl with WebAssembly

Link: https://andrews.substack.com/p/zeroperl-sandboxed-perl-with-webassembly
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43017739

#webassembly

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
marence@urbanists.social ("Marence") wrote:

I make stuff out of junk, and it’s fun but there’s too much of it in my house, and people have said “You should sell those” so I have a Ko-fi page now. https://ko-fi.com/marence/shop

#ShamelessSelfPromotion #craft #papermache #bookend #StuffOutOfJunk #diorama

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Remember Marko Elez, who wrote the "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.", “Normalize Indian hate” etc tweets, got a job at DOGE, and got given “read only” access to US Treasury systems?

It turns out he was given read/write access in error and it only noticed a day later. There’s a forensics operation going with his former laptop now (he resigned) to see what he did with the access as he was unsupervised.

https://therecord.media/treasury-fully-aware-of-risks-posed-by-doge-access-to-database

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

🇪🇺🇺🇦 WEIMAR+ nations (France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, UK & EU) reaffirm support for Ukraine’s sovereignty & security. They commit to aiding Ukraine until a just, lasting peace is reached—one that protects both Ukraine & Europe. Ukraine must negotiate from a position of strength & receive strong security guarantees.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

We are watching it in real time, but nice to have a roadmap:

“The Path to American Authoritarianism: What Comes After Democratic Breakdown”

Or “Why google and Apple renamed their maps”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Inspectors general fired by President Trump file a lawsuit contending their removals were illegal and are asking a judge to reinstate them. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277385/gov.uscourts.dcd.277385.1.0%5F1.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

This is why you shouldn't buy a Tesla—or any other product of a Musk-owned corporation.

Suing their own customers if they talk about a bad experience (or a fatal crash) is a SLAPP offense in those parts that have such laws.
https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/113990167036446040

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ddayen.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("David Dayen") wrote:

NEW from me: Russ Vought was on the verge of breaking the mortgage market by shutting down a core function provided by CFPB. But he blinked, and in so doing revealed that regulation is actually pretty important.prospect.org/economy/2025...

Vought Restores CFPB Procedure...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AndreaChalupa ("Andrea Chalupa") wrote:

The grief and anger I feel over the Tulsi Gabbard confirmation. Ukrainians and Syrians are some of the most vulnerable to her Kremlin disinformation. Gabbard is to foreign policy what RFK Jr. is to healthcare.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

44 million Ukrainians have been attacked by a ruthless dictator. European countries have invested 125 billion euro in defeating Russia. But forget all that, because a Fox News host says that defending democracy is not realistic, and this whole war thing is too expensive anyway.

It is time for the democratic countries to decouple from the failed US leadership and take the lead.

Russia must be defeated.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
iftas@mastodon.iftas.org ("IFTAS") wrote:

2. Suspend CCS.
   CCS and its CSAM detection and reporting service online is the most expensive project we operate, and will likely close between March 15 and March 30. The core technology requirements to simply operate the service exceed $60,000 per year, and that doesn’t include the legal advisory and content review support we need to bring this service to the #Fediverse in a broader fashion.

3/7

jwz wrote:

The Mouse obeys in advance.

Disney Changes Content Warnings Amid DEI "Strategy Shift" Disney changed the wording in October 2020 to the longer content warning: "This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These...
https://jwz.org/b/ykiC

Boosted by jwz:
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Trump loves fossil fuels because everyone in his government is into minors

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godless_mom@threads.net ("Courtney Heard") wrote:

Absolutely no historical precedent for vandalism ever being effective at all. Certainly not with 42,000 kg of tea!

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Head canon: In Blade Runner, the software the cops use to zoom/pan/enhance photographs is just a generative AI model that invents new details randomly.

(Someone is probably building this today and selling it to real life cops.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHepKd38pr0

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz ("DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)") wrote:

@AguiarPhys @mos_8502
P.S. A smart friend of mine below expressed enthusiasm for ConTeXt, which I haven't used but sounds interesting:

> ConTeXt is a general-purpose document processor. Like LaTeX, it is derived from TeX. It is especially suited for structured documents, automated document production, very fine typography, and multilingual typesetting.
> ...ConTeXt has been a typography and typesetting system designed to give users straightforward and consistent access to advanced typographical control, which is crucial for general-purpose typesetting.
> LaTeX's original vision, on the other hand, was to insulate the user from typographical decisions—an approach particularly useful for tasks such as submitting articles to a scientific journal. Although LaTeX has evolved from this original vision, ConTeXt's unified design prevents the package clashes often experienced with LaTeX.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt

I also see:
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/FAQ

Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

Elon's kid about to delete your social security from his booger-crusted iPad

Boosted by jwz:
JuliusGoat ("A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆") wrote:

This "Gulf of America" is just another fascist loyalty test. It's a way of checking who is going to abrogate reality for no reason other than a cowardly refusal to stand up to the bully or an opportunistic willingness to toady up to one. Anyone who will call it that will help you round people up into camps or look the other way while you do it. Anyone who won't puts themselves on the round-up list.