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

Spring Stew

Steam rises gently,
Vegetables dance in the pot,
Home’s warmth fills the air.

via https://arghstudios.com

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
Chirael@infosec.exchange ("Chirael (Anthony) :donor: :ferdiverified: 🇺🇦 :rainbow_flag:") wrote:

“Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading”
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/ #amazon #privacy #alexa from @pluralistic

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
h_thoreson@mastodon.world ("hannah") wrote:

https://spectrum-ieee-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/spectrum.ieee.org/amp/10x-engineer-2671288905

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

Boosted by chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin"):
erkhyan@yiff.life ("Erkhyan") wrote:

Many of the issues with the Star Wars sequel movies are legit, but one decade on, what do we think of “it’s just too implausible that complacency would allow a fascist movement to rise to full power only a few decades after the previous one’s crushing defeat”?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

fill out comment cards to leave positive comments. request new materials that you’d like to see added to the stacks. like and share your library’s social media content.

#libraries

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
b_rain@troet.cafe ("b-rain") wrote:

Gelebte Empathie ist Widerstand.
#punk #empathy #meme #solarpunk #datenpunks

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
jackmjenkins@mastodon.online ("Jack Jenkins") wrote:

My hot take on Mastodon is that, yes, it doesn’t have the user base of Threads or the “juice” of Bluesky, etc.

But as a journalist, I have no plans to ever completely abandon this platform, because, if nothing else, the *overall structure* is de facto more durable than anything else out there. That durability is proven, and in an unsettled world, could prove vital to getting out information should other platforms fail/get taken down, etc.

Also, folks are mostly pretty nice here.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli Bot") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: Ponyo, our candle is just about out.

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

https://everythings.computer

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

A good World Contact Day to those who celebrate. If you feel the vibe, maybe try to telepath some messages through the vast unknown.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%5FContact%5FDay
https://youtu.be/teBV0EoJJY8
#worldContactDay

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:

Billionaires Should Not Exist

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

You know, I realize Tesla is one of the most visible companies, but Musk has his hands in a couple of other companies that deals directly with the public and where collective efforts could have an impact. There's X and Starlink.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rl_dane@polymaths.social ("R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵") wrote:

Darude Sandstorm as it was always meant to be: played on Morse Code paddles

https://loops.video/v/75kyX1g%5FBy

Direct video link, for terminal enjoyers: https://loopsusercontent.com/videos/80575218996875264/127598525214357858/el1iOMDcfBdVgEMmgh0B78z2vT6CgBH4x4muNhGb.720p.mp4

From @utahforrest on YouTube.

#AmateurRadio #CW #MorseCode #DarudeSandstorm

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

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1233421968656380/

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

yup

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

Just happened to catch a ...69420... sequence. 😆

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:

I probably haven't been paying close enough attention, but I've found much of the mainstream reporting in the US about tariffs to lack a clear analysis of the strategy that is motivating the seemingly chaotic decision making. Unlike this thread, which lays it out in no uncertain terms--straight up imperialism:

https://defcon.social/@tprophet/114150958658307132

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

Spring break ends tomorrow, so of course Minnesota lays down an icy snowy dangerous trap for all our returning students.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/15/minnesota-doesnt-like-students/

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

"Matthew McConaughey"* is still at it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KpS54llYUA

I somehow find this a soothing thing to put on in the background. 😆

* impersonator

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

IT in a nutshell

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

that is a pretty stark picture, and does not bode well for any normal person’s retirement funds

Boosted by bendingoutward:
Unixbigot@aus.social ("Kit Bashir") wrote:

You might think working a phone repair kiosk is a waste of my skills. Yeah nah.

Today, this kid came in with an iPhone that was more than cracked, it was banana-fied.

“What happened?” I asked, turning the wreckage over in my hands. I don’t think there was a single salvageable part. “And have you considered just upgrading?”

“My novel’s on there”, the kid said, wringing his hands anxiously. “It got ran over by a hauler bot.”

“Got a backup?”. The tears in the kid’s eyes were all the answer he needed to give. “Okay, event rebasing is the only way to fix this”, I gestured at the price board, “can you afford that?”

He gulped. “Uh, just.”

“You sure?”

“Yes. Can you really fix it?”. Hope flickered in his eyes.

“Let’s see, no win no fee”.

I held the smashed and bent phone-ana in my hands and turned it over, feeling its shape in space and time. With my /other sight/ I saw its lifeline leading away from where the kid had been, a shimmering trail of history leading back in time. With the fingers of my mind, I felt back along the lifeline until i felt the bump, beyond which the device had been a flat rectangle. Exploring the shape of the damage event I twisted the lifeline into a loop. Now here’s the tricky bit; if you have the knack, and you dig your nails in /just so/ you can pinch out a moment in time and detach it. I rubbed the lifeline with my mental fingers, smoothing out the join where the excised moment had been.

Blinking back to the present, I powered on the phone and handed it back to its owner. “All good?”

The kid’s fingers flew over the screen as he checked on his preciousss, and breathed a huge sigh. “All good. That’s incredible, can you fix *anything* like that?”

“Almost. Like?”

He avoided my gaze, staring down at my hands on the counter with their iridescent nails, matching the highlight colours in my hair. He made eye contract briefly, wide eyes again a bit teary. “Even…..me?”

Oh, that. “Absolutely not. *wink* Such things are not done and definitely not by me. Clear?”

*nod*

“Okay, hold still.” It’s a different technique than rebasing, especially because i like to spread the change over a few years to conceal the edit.

“All done”.

“Oh wow”, she said, reaching up to feel her shoulder length mauve hair (clearly I’d nailed that detail), then taking a twirl. “How, how much do I owe you?”

“On the house and you weren’t here. “

The tears were back. “Thank you thank you, this is the best. “

“My pleasure, have a great life”

“Thanks, you too” she said. “Bye!”

“Wait! Don’t forget your phone!”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

i am on the only website i have ever needed to be on and that is @mediengruppe_bitnik 's website
https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/data/alexiety%5Fsf/index.html
(courtesy of @thgie )

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

White supremacy ruins EVERYTHING. Even the white people.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
Heidelinde@dresden.network ("MissSofies Survival") wrote:

#Solidarity
#IchundWelt

Werft blos nicht eure Perlen vor die Säue. Passt auf euch auf. schönes Wochenende!

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
skry wrote:

My robot vacuum came packed inside this. Should I worry?

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

Yaesu HF radios have a CAT port on the back. This is used for communicating directly with your cat. The interface box is called the WSKR and plugs directly into this port. It can be purchased from your local ham radio store.

For further information please turn to page 394.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible") wrote:

Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-democratic-senator-youre-angry-they-caved-and-supported-republican-continuing?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Attachments:

• gifv: 6a7d71f73202b694.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:

As your GENX doctor, I recommend you go outside all day, ride your bike, throw dirt clods, play in the creeks, drink hose water, cause trouble, and then hide under your desk to escape the existential inevitability of nuclear blasts.