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

It's a colossal scam! Woolly mice are not evidence of progress in resurrecting a whole species -- and it's absurdly reductionist to argue that all you need to do is patch a few genes.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/06/but-weve-already-got-wooly-mice/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Ko-Fi lets me enter social media links for Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, Twitch, TikTok, Medium, GitHub, and Threads…but not for Mastodon and Bluesky, the two services I actually use. 🙃

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I don't like any of my current "real life" photos much, so let's go with a coyote.

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

Maybe I need to learn French.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/06/french-the-language-of-love/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh0TUTtvI

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

Grateful to wake up to this story about a small lab team digging around in otherwise ignored cell function to find what might be really useful but is definitely interesting. Thank you, bio nerds!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv4jww3r4eo

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

In a vast, cold universe, we live on a tiny island of life with entirely too many kings:

https://comicskingdom.com/macanudo/2025-03-06

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MAKS23 ("MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦") wrote:

🇪🇺❌🇭🇺 Kallas: "Hungary's obstruction of EU decisions on aid to Ukraine is becoming increasingly difficult for the bloc."

"That's why we have a new initiative to form a majority coalition, ensuring that one country cannot block everyone."

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

"Trump Warns of Increase in Transgender Mice Since Haitians Ate All the Cats"

- Borowitz Report

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

but of course
https://www.wired.com/story/air-monitoring-beijing-state-department-halted/

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

Some high quality eyebleach for you

Apparently the duck nested in the school when school was in recess, so her and her hatchlings got a proper send off when school resumed

😍

Attachments:

• video: Mother duck leads her ducklings down a school hallway and out the door in a school hallway lined with children

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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🌟 A unique profile picture for £30
🌟 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):

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

Did somebody mention Reagan?

Boosted by jwz:
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

Boosted by jwz:
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.