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

Today in History: First motion picture displayed by Auguste and Louis Lumière, 1895

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
evs@social.lol ("Evan") wrote:

I wish I knew anything about #gameDev

I want to explore an idea around non-violence as a means for conflict resolution. Most games default to violence as the default, and there is something there with subverting that expectation and turning it on its head.

I know Undertale has addressed this, and I am sure there are many others.

But even #incrementalGames like Node Buster have you upgrading weapons to be more efficient at killing shapes. Why? cause numbers go up.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot ("John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿") wrote:

My dad gave me this wee barometer/altimeter, made about 1890. Took it out in the Mull hills yesterday - it's as accurate, and smaller, than mobile phone GPS 🤩 🥰 . The longevity and reliability of this 130-year old technology seems inconcievable today. And no spurious precision! 🤓 #InstrumentationDoneRight #Altimeter #Barometer #Mull #Antique

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

You know, many of us have been complaining of late about all the useless generative "AI" features getting added to products. Then I read a story like this and realize it's just being crammed down our throats period. In the US, we won't be able to avoid it unless we stop them. The TESCREAL crew will make sure of that:

https://archive.is/cvnww

Also see this thread:

https://carhenge.club/@skiles/114203147063483693

(I boosted that earlier without CW, sorry if that caused annoyance.)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

Inclusion matters, including in open source and open protocols. If an org platforms a transphobe or someone who otherwise threatens a vulnerable community, that should be reason enough to not engage. On top of being morally wrong and anti-social, it means they don't really care about the people who will ultimately use and see the benefit of what they make.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
skiles@carhenge.club ("John Skiles Skinner") wrote:

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
skiles@carhenge.club ("John Skiles Skinner") wrote:

Honestly: From the 2013 failure of healthcare.gov to today, the government *almost* learned how to build software. We were close. Then a bunch of white men in suits swooped in to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Maybe they are just incompetent. But I think it's worse than that.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Ostdrossel@mindly.social ("Ostdrossel :verified:") wrote:

The littles were all very bendy today 😆 Here are a Chickadee, a female House Finch, a Goldfinch (looking very adventurous while molting into the summer feathers!) and one of the still present Juncos. Come good into the weekend! #birds

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net wrote:

I'd love to listen to you whine about Dems not doing anything but I need to get to my protest downtown with hundreds of others who do more than just type.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Ullilust ("Ulli Lust") wrote:

My campaign on Instagram and Facebook for a migration to the Fediverse. Funnily enough, it brought a lot of new friends from the Fediverse itself.
#fediverse #diefraualsmensch #comics

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

"Musk's X suspends opposion accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv43dd3vlgo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
newsthump@mastodon.online ("NewsThump") wrote:

Oh, look, Mr Free-Speech-Absolutist is up to his usual tricks when authoritarians ask him to suppress the speech of opposition figures...

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

my sysadmin asked me about my learning process

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
aaaabbbb@toot.community ("🚲 L'aaaaphabbbbet ᓚᘏᗢ") wrote:

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

Barbra Striesand hands Zuckerberg a Fresca and says "welcome to the club"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/20/meta-expose-tops-bestseller-chart-despite-companys-attempt-to-ban-its-promotion

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medieval_illuminations ("Medieval Illumination") wrote:

#Lion. Liber medicinae ex animalibus, Netherlands ca. 1175. BL, Harley 1585, fol. 66v.
#medieval #MedievalArt

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ianb@well.com ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

Tax the fucking rich.

That's it, that's all that really needs saying.

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Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

@ianb Billionaires Hate This One Weird Trick (It's literally just them paying taxes)

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
akshatrathi@mastodon.green ("Akshat Rathi") wrote:

“We couldn’t shut them down, unfortunately,” said Margarita Simonyan, the editor of Russia’s rt network. “But America did so itself.” As their broadcasts cease, candles of hope in some of the world’s darkest places are being snuffed out.

Free to read:
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/03/19/donald-trump-shoots-his-own-global-mouthpiece?giftId=48487284-1fb5-475b-b7a1-75df13074546&utm%5Fcampaign=gifted%5Farticle

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Bellison22 wrote:

💥💥💥💥💥
Via Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too)."

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

The Frog-King and Faithful Henry are two sides of the same coin

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host ("Calishat") wrote:

#disability #accessibility #VideoGames

'The new Accessible Games Initiative has defined a set of 24 accessibility tags that will appear in participating game storefronts and product pages so players can know what features a game has before they buy it. The tags have easy to understand definitions and cover a range of accessibility features games offer, like subtitles, input remapping for controls, text-to-speech and speech-to-text in chat and narrated menus.'

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/game-companies-will-standardize-accessibility-labels-on-storefronts-and-product-pages-211335539.html?src=rss

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

Hell yes

RE: https://www.threads.net/@fangoria/post/DHeKBFzI6YD

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

Fun fact: As the Creative Consultant for the show, I actually worked out the (EXTREMELY general) five-season story arc of SGU with Brad Wright between seasons one and two, which would explain why Destiny was out there in the first place and how the show would end and why (and yes, in fact, Eli played a critical role). And when people ask me what that story arc is, I tell them that unfortunately it's covered by an NDA, and then I run before they can tear me limb from limb.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@david%5Fblue/post/DHezDVuyoId

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

#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.

She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons

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

Spread the word: On April 5, we’re coming together to say Hands Off! and push back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. Join us for a national day of action: https://handsoff2025.com/?SQF%5FSOURCE=indivisible

Attachments:

• video: Woman newscaster discusses Indivisible's mass mobilization event planned for April 5. Scenes of previous protests are shown.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alexlunaview ("AlexLunaView") wrote:

Protests in Slovakia continue unabated.

The population is on the streets against Fico's pro-Russian policy.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

@indivisibleteam

To locate any event near you:

https://handsoff2025.com/?SQF%5FSOURCE=indivisible

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AlisonW@fedimon.uk ("AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️") wrote:

Q: What did Watson and Crick discover?

A: Rosalind Franklin's lab notes

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bofh_excuses@gts.chapek9.com ("BOFH Excuses") wrote:

#BOFH excuse #444:

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