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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
aardrian@toot.cafe ("Adrian Roselli") wrote:

I made the thread into a post so you can share it with your social media manager or your mom or whatever:

“Don’t Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/dont-use-fake-bold-or-italic-in-social-media.html

#a11y #accessibility

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jensimmons@front-end.social ("Jen Simmons") wrote:

Styling HTML form controls is something web designers & developers have wanted for years!

My team is working on a solution — you’ll apply `appearance: base` and switch to a new interoperable, consistent controls with easy to override default CSS. They inherit much more of what you already have going on. And then you can override (even more of) those styles using new pseudo-elements.

See the details at: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-forms/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
blitzcitydiy ("Liz [BlitzCityDIY]") wrote:

i am very proud of this project. it really pushed the boundaries of my CAD and python skills and it fulfilled a long held goal i had to recreate the macrodata refinement terminal from #severance

https://learn.adafruit.com/portable-macrodata-refinement-terminal

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
andycarolan@social.lol ("Andy Carolan :prami:") wrote:

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🌟 Supplied as a 1000x1000px PNG
🌟 Vector version add-on available
🌟 FREE additional Pride background if requested
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#commissionsopen #kofi #icons #avatars

https://ko-fi.com/c/11a46f7c25

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
emmiehine@dair-community.social ("Emmie Hine") wrote:

the funny thing is, PhD stipends are so low that you could hire me for a year or this "PhD-level agent" for a month 🙃 #academia

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

I fucking told you it's the only thing keeping me sane.
Swearing is linked with increased pain tolerance and strength https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/03/05/swearing-pain-tolerance-strength-science/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

Of course.
State Department halts global monitoring of air pollution https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/04/state-department-air-pollution-embassies/

Boosted by jwz:
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

"Remember, it's Alice and Bob, not Alan and Bob".

jwz wrote:

We can do better.

Dan Sinker: Think we've forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of all people) that he locked himself in his office and Twitter employees considered calling the cops to do a wellness check....
https://jwz.org/b/ykjz

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer :batman:") wrote:

@dansinker Thinking about making a bunch of stickers of this (regarding his botched penile enlargement surgery):

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

Did somebody mention Reagan?

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robpike@hachyderm.io ("rob pike") wrote:

@mattblaze Soon cars will not allowed to have transmissions.

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JenYetAgain@beige.party ("New Year, Worse Jen") wrote:

well he did his best

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jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

Let's bring back the cherished cultural practice of using Snap!'s "The Power" during a movie montage intended to show that a character Has Got The Power.

jwz wrote:

Does transgenic get a line on the flag now and what color?

jwz wrote:

The state of Mastodon:

Some jackass: "Why would you imply that X is bad?"

Me: "Did you click the link in that very post, subject, why X is bad?"

Jackass: "Expecting me to click a link to inflate the page-view count on your personal website is shady at best."

Jackass: "Also, I don't know if you are aware of this, but it is green."

Me: Aaaaaannnndddd *plonk*

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

Think we’ve forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of all people) that he locked himself in his office and Twitter employees considered calling the cops to do a wellness check.

What I’m saying is we can go harder.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/08/elon-musk-almost-needed-sfpd-wellness-check-after-breakdown-getting-booed-at-dave-chappelle-show/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible") wrote:

The Trump Tax Scam sells out everyday Americans to help billionaires get even richer.

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

Incredible clarity. Don't know him from Adam, but Claude Malhuret has done the free world a solid:

https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1j46edt/we%5Fare%5Ffighting%5Fagainst%5Fa%5Fdictator%5Fbacked%5Fby%5Fa/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bw@social.lol ("Blake Watson :prami:") wrote:

Actually, there is a point. Don’t forget that there was a time you were a beginner. When people earnestly ask for your help, remember the people who helped you and pay it forward.

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

My short review of The Dawn of Everything https://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2025/03/06/the-dawn-of-everything/en/

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
amiserabilist@beige.party ("paul") wrote:

@Mrfunkedude

while not representative, she only appears to have dm'ed half the fediverse.

possibly only blokes.

follow up poll:

if #FediverseChick dm'ed you, what is your sex?

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
infobeautiful@vis.social ("Information Is Beautiful") wrote:

How rich people avoid paying tax

(Originally by Instgram user @newmoney.blog)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I see generative AI on the web the same way I see forever chemicals in the real world. The effects may not be immediately apparent but they are poisoning mankind. Those who acquired knowledge and skills in the before era will be fine, but newer generations won't have the same reference points to tell reality from fiction. They will search for "baby peacock" on Google and have no reason to believe the actual birds look any different to what they're shown. I find that sad somehow.

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

Attachments:

• gifv: hi kids whats for dinner

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

Me: here is a bad thing that happened that is bad

Very Smart Internet Man 1: I can’t believe you’re surprised by that

Very Smart Internet Man 2: ACTUALLY AMERICA ISN’T TECHNICALLY A DEMOCRACY

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

@david_chisnall And this problem only exists because Signal chose the business model of being a growth-at-all-costs social network running in a closed data silo, no different from Facebook, instead of being a protocol and set of applications capable of meaningful federation. I am constantly [ Nathan Fillion Face ] at people's seemingly-intentional blindness to this. https://jwz.org/b/yjnA

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ComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:

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

I love good nerds. I hate evil nerds. Unfortunately at the moment it's hard to tell the two apart, and many previously good nerds have rapidly become evil nerds, so for all our safety I think we just need to shut all nerds down until we get things stabilized. Thank you for understanding!

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

A brilliant idea from my mom:

If you own a Tesla and wish you didn’t, run an auction where people can bid on taking a sledgehammer to it.

#TeslaTakedown