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

Last month, omg.lol pledged to give a membership to any members of minority groups who asked for one. I’m happy to share that we welcomed 22 new members who took the offer! Many of our new members have joined Mastodon, so consider browsing the social.lol local timeline to find some diverse new friends!

https://social.lol/@adam/113926732755530459

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

It must be a serious academic conference if it features this guy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/03/the-hateful-loons-are-gathering-in-austin-this-month/

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

I’ve just completed our donation to U24, for $170 (half of the $340 that omg.lol earned on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). Thanks to everyone who bought an address or added some time to support the cause. 💙💛

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

Type of phishing email that's a corporation attempting to get you to "verify" information you're pretty sure you never gave them in the first place. 🤔

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

The Third Way is a dead end, a recipe for the Republicans' eternal victory.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/03/the-democrats-are-dead-we-need-a-new-party/

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

See also:

https://youtu.be/872d8Fa6pNs?si=npex-ji7pIh%5FRPXs

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
guaca@toot.cafe ("Estela Franco ⚡️") wrote:

The @performanceobserver.dev virtual meetup is back for its second episode!

This time, we have two fantastic new hosts—Vinicius Dallacqua and Keerthana Krishnan—ready to guide us through another deep dive into Web Performance.

Join us live, connect with others in the #WebPerf community, and be part of the conversation.

📅 March 19th - 6 PM CET (10 AM PT / 1 PM ET)
See more details and add to calendar (with the zoom link) at https://performanceobserver.dev/events/ep-2-long-animationframe-api-and-designing-webs-for-bad-performance/

See you there!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fj ("Frederic Jacobs") wrote:

“The transatlantic alliance may be on life support; Putin may be circling like a vulture; technofascism may be tightening its grip—but Europe’s resolve remains unbroken.

It’s time we remember that. Because this is our 1940. Our last off-ramp before this American technofascist Fourth Reich becomes a runaway train we cannot stop even if we wanted to.”

https://ryanleetaylor.com/blog/the-fourth-reich-europes-reckoning-in-the-age-of-technofascism

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

I'd missed that this was in video series form. Sadly useful:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhZxrogyToZsllfRqQllyuFNbT-ER7TAu&si=DaWoGMgvZUCPW2Rw

jwz wrote:

The "Donut Shop Ends Police Discount" guy is now Deputy Director of the FBI.
https://jwz.org/b/ykjn

Attachments:

• gifv: 63509329c1112999.mp4

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

Fleet Adm. Gial Ackbar would make a better Secretary of Defense than Maj. Anheuser-Douche

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

yup, OPSEC horror

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/pJU3L5drW5

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mark@mastodon.fixermark.com ("Mark T. Tomczak") wrote:

On this, the eve of Flow taking home an Oscar, I want to note that Blender exists in its current form because after Ton Roosendaal spearheaded writing it, released it as freeware, had his company dissolve, tried developing it as shareware, had the company developing it go bankrupt, and built a non-profit foundation to crowd-source funding for it... Enough people stepped up to fund it that it still lives.

It's a hell of a testament to a software author---and a community's---insistence that in spite of market evidence to the contrary, the software is good and worthy of continued existence.

#Blender3d

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

Telling stories is one thing, acting them out together is another. The Argh Studios Storyteller service tries to give you what you want, and in a child-safe fashion.

http://arghstudios.com

Remember: accounts are free to use, free of ads, and free of tracking

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffsonstein%5Fdevelopment-through-playing-together-activity-7302197293753999361-1LAI?utm%5Fmedium=ios%5Fapp&rcm=ACoAAAB7JkEBQCk8SY-mmP6rvpKfocI7TzIpqK4&utm%5Fsource=social%5Fshare%5Fsend&utm%5Fcampaign=share%5Fvia

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

For the sake of timezone coverage, I’ll plan to total everything up and make our donation in the morning (so any earnings overnight will count, too!). 🇺🇦

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jon@vivaldi.net ("Jon S. von Tetzchner") wrote:

Crypto was a scam and it still is.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0jgggd7r4o

#Crypto #Scam #Politics #Technology

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

A word of advice: If someone ever asks you if you drink Wilkins Coffee, just say yes.

https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/jim-hensons-commercials-for-wilkins-coffee.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
openculture@toot.community ("Open Culture (Official)") wrote:

Jim Henson’s Commercials for Wilkins Coffee: 15 Twisted Minutes of Muppet Coffee Ads (1957–1961)

https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/jim-hensons-commercials-for-wilkins-coffee.html

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

fiddling around more...

https://arghstudios.com/support/testCampaign.png

h/t @simon for an evening's amusement

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
terrybot@frikiverse.zone ("Terrybot :pratchett:") wrote:

"If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter."

Popcorn comes to the Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

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

playing around with @simon wonderful `llm` commandline tool tonight:

% llm -s "act like you are a D&D assistant using the SRD rules." "create a complete character sheet for a Ranger character and give it to me in markdown, please" > rangerCharSheet.md

% pandoc -o rangerCharSheet.html < rangerCharSheet.md

and the test results actually ain't too bad:

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

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lumon@beep.town ("Lumon Gif Refinery") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: escort him to the break room

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:

#OtD 2 Mar 1955 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to vacate her bus seat for whites. Her case wasn't taken up by civil rights leaders for legal technical reasons, as well as public opinion worries about her class and dark skin. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9207/claudette-colvin-arrested

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
katq906@mastodon.online ("KatQ") wrote:

@DemocracyMattersALot Crypto is just a money laundering tool, if the US Government does it, it is just a means of robbing the treasury. No American should stand for it.

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

Hey Econ profession, is fiddling with the econometric data a *good* sign for a nation's future prosperity?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gdp-economy-government-spending-lutnick-7414ba1bd441bd4bf64620bfd66923b2

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

Adrien Brody, in his Oscar acceptance speech: “If the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.”

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
skiles@carhenge.club ("John Skiles Skinner") wrote:

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:

https://18f.org/

Boosted by jwz:
Okanogen ("okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin") wrote:

#Ukraine #zelenskyy

Boosted by jwz:
kiwix ("Kiwix") wrote:

"Swasticar" made its way to #Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swasticar

Boosted by jwz:
nodename wrote:

Seen on 14th St, San Francisco