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

A strange cat has appeared in my sketchbook!

#watercolor #cat

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
EmilySchnall@mastodon.art ("Emily Schnall✨Commissions Open") wrote:

Stoked to finally share a very cool project I’ve been working on with some very cool people!

Get ready for a lushly illustrated National Parks Oracle Deck for all your outdoorsy divining needs! Sign up here to stay in the loop and stay tuned for more teaser art 👀

https://www.backerkit.com/call%5Fto%5Faction/6faaf7dd-d259-47f3-a7a3-0f5671ea4746/landing?ref=es

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

Some good news…that you know will be buggered over by Republican hypocrisy and Democratic passivity.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/13/a-little-good-news-2/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

This excellent post identifies some huge flaws in a "study" by the MRC which doesn't interrogate why right-wing sources like OANN and Newsmax are deprecated (not banned) as sources on #Wikipedia and ignores right-leaning sources that are considered reliable and are widely used.

https://www.thewikipedian.net/p/right-wing-media-vs-wikipedia-reliability

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
drahardja@sfba.social ("Dave Rahardja") wrote:

In case you didn’t know this, #Tesla is aggresively suing bloggers and news outlets that criticize them—and even their own customers—in #China. They use their cozy relationship with the Communist Party to bully and punish critics into silence.

“In a review of public court documents, the AP found that Tesla won nearly 90% of civil cases over safety, quality or contract disputes brought by customers.”

Please, get rid of your Teslas.

#cars #corruption

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-sues-customers-journalists-china-defamation/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Kilian ("Kilian Valkhof") wrote:

And In other news, I've hired @igalia to work on Chromium!

https://polypane.app/blog/polypane-is-hiring-igalia-to-work-on-chromium/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SnowshadowII@beige.party ("SnowshadowII :maple:") wrote:

@StillIRise1963 @Barbramon1
It's shocking and depressing to watch, esp. after living through the 1960s.

It's a shame your news doesn't cover the 77 days long protests in Georgia, or the protests elsewhere in Europe, like Germany. If they did Americans might rise up...that's probably why your media is quiet about it.

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

“Text - H.R.1181 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress”

this would hide credit card payments for firearms purchases

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1181/text

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jake4480@c.im ("Jake in the desert") wrote:

Game Bub – open source FPGA emulation handheld https://eli.lipsitz.net/posts/introducing-gamebub

#emulation #fpga #GameBub #RetroGames #OpenSource

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

I don't expect this post to do numbers. But remaining quiet after the implicit threats and intimidation I've faced from Board members as retaliation for raising these concerns simply won't fly.

I invite everyone to read the page. It's well-sourced, objective and accurate.

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

I've published https://IACRBias.org, a website dedicated to closely documenting instances of political and racial bias at the International Association for Cryptologic Research's Board of Directors, including structural impediments to holding the Board accountable.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman Rooke") wrote:

Solidarity with STJV game workers on an industry wide general strike in France today.

1: protecting jobs and making decision-makers accountable

2: transparency about company finances and profit sharing

3: work reorganisation and the reduction of work hours

#GameDev #GameDevUnion #JoinAUnion

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

This is the visual #artist Jonathan Harris from #Detroit #Michigan

The title of his work is called "#CriticalRaceTheory"

(his website: https://jonathanharrisart.bigcartel.com/ )

#BlackHistoryMonth #Black #USA

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Today's coincidental timeline juxtaposition.

And yeah, consumer-facing "AI" is about achieving statistical mediocrity; if you use it at this point you're essentially admitting you can't do any better than that on your own. Which is a tragic thing to advertise about your own work.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

Your Black History Month art post for today: by Augusta Savage (1892-1962), “Gwendolyn Knight,” painted plaster, 18 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 9 in. (47 x 21.6 x 22.9 cm), Seattle Art Museum. #arthistory #BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartists #womanartist #womenartists

From the website: “After studying sculpture in New York and Paris, the sculptor Augusta Savage opened the Savage School of Arts and Crafts in Harlem in 1931. She became a mentor to a generation of young artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight, of whom this bust is a portrait. Modeled in clay and cast in plaster, it captures Knight’s delicate features, penetrating personality, and formidable presence. Savage unveiled this bust at an exhibition of her students’ work at the Harlem Art Workshop in February 1935. Because she lacked the resources to cast her plaster pieces in bronze, few examples of her work survive—this is a rare exception.”

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

Regarding LB[1]: I went searching for more music with Sinistar samples. I liked these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU-oQUH7sok

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

Most surprising was Bobgoblin creating a catchy pop song referencing Sinistar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO38WlMOuU4

[1] https://loci.onl/@morix/113996391591144741

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
morix@loci.onl ("A Part of Bee") wrote:

@cwebber (inconceivable that someone hasn't posted this yet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=454HVIYl7QU&list=PLDPdqi0iT5A586LvF-flIXgzEG31pN6FG&index=6 beware, I live! and also groove!

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
markwyner@mas.to ("Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:") wrote:

Here is a complete list of the “forbidden words” issued by America’s fascist dictatorship. This is why we must fight now and fight hard.

🧵 1/4

activism
activists
advocacy
advocate
advocates
barrier
barriers
biased
biased toward
biases
biases towards
bipoc
black and latinx
community diversity
community equity
cultural differences
cultural heritage
culturally responsive
disabilities
disability
discriminated
discrimination
…

#ForbiddenWords #Fascism #Resist #Protest #Rebellion #BannedWords

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
1ace@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Eric Engestrom 💙") wrote:

New threat model discovered: cat chews security key left on the desk overnight

(I'm lucky it still works though, that would've been a massive hassle)

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

According to general relativity, my car was simply following a geodesic in spacetime this morning, and the parking post rudely interrupted its natural motion. In fact, from the perspective of my car’s inertial frame, it was the post that accelerated into me!

Now, whether my insurance company accepts this relativistic argument is another question entirely…

Boosted by jwz:
theonion@threads.net ("The Onion") wrote:

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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

I should go find something useful to do now.

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

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

But hey! The React component was reusable*!

*: "reusable" meaning that the sub-section of the page embedding this component is served in a *separate iframe*, which inexplicably pulls in a different copy and version of React and that no code is actually shared at any point.

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

It's worth stipulating that I was wrong! The video was 25fps, as was the animation. But it was in a last-gen format and the wrong resolution(s), which meant that each time you moused over an item, a > 250KB video might load, only to stab you in the eye, and probably for a whole host of reasons that no longer attach to any user.

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

"The US State Department’s procurement forecast for the 2025 budget includes an item called “Armored Teslas” worth $400 million.

But worry not; it was approved under the Biden Administration, so Elon Musk’s DOGE will undoubtedly eliminate this waste. Right?"

https://electrek.co/2025/02/12/us-state-department-has-budget-line-for-armored-teslas-worth-400-million/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt ("🌕 Moonlight Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Worcester Massachusetts is now a sanctuary city for trans folks!

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/02/12/worcester-sanctuary-city-transgender-community/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Jesus would be all up in that fucking temple, is what I'm saying

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
cwndrws ("Charlie Andrews") wrote:

I know it's old, but just read @bcantrill's great article about IBM making money off the holocaust: https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2023/11/26/what-punch-cards-teach-us-about-ai-risk/ definitely give it a read if you haven't already

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jmj@social.lol ("Joanna J. :prami_contented:") wrote:

Happy early Galentine's Day! Here are some promo codes for my app, status.log, if you've been wanting to check it out.

https://jmj.url.lol/galentines