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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mwichary@mastodon.online ("Marcin Wichary") wrote:

I took some old pixel fonts, turned them into vector fonts, but normalized their cap height… so the original pixel size is now serving as this new strange property – kind of like “pixel resolution.”

It’s kind of interesting to play with! I made a little playground and you can also download all the fonts I made there: https://aresluna.org/pixel-fonts/

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Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
xtaldave@xtaldave.net ("Dave nλ=2dsinθ") wrote:

Today in American science is fucked news:

A couple of blues or whatever they call toots on Bilesky. Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social 6h I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I'm editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social. 6h When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.

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denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

business ideas: behind-the-scenes tour for zoos, museums, etc.

please let me see all the hidden machinery, pumps, control systems, what's behind those "staff only" doors, everything.

I'd pay a lot of money for that, lol.

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

chinga tu @CARROT

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

I just noticed my website (hosted by Nearly Free Speech) is accessible on https, which I didn't do. It's been on my todo list for a while (I know, I know...), but apparently NFS just decided to do it? 🤔

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

oopsie

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/trump-team-accidentally-texts-canadian-invasion-plans-to-ian-hanomansing/

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

Recently officially renamed the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station" (but no one calls it that), Philadelphia's main rail station is a neoclassical gem. Located just across the river from Center City in West Philadelphia, it serves Amtrak, SEPTA, and a few NJ Transit trains. The modernist glass Cira Center office complex next door is a striking contrast.

Captured with a Hasselblad (Zeiss) T* CFE FLE 40mm/4 lens (@ f/8) lens, Pentax 645z camera (@ ISO 100).

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

30th Street Station and Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2015

All the pixels and assorted jawn at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/20784725455

#photography

A large neoclassical train station across a river. To the right of the station is a modernist glass office tower.

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

I've been keeping an electronic journal of one kind or another since 2001, most of which is imported into Day One now. It's both fascinating and disconcerting to see which concerns of mine have changed over the years—and which haven’t.

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

Anyone else remember shopping here in the 80s? As a kid I always liked their logo, which I saw all over the place since it was on their pricing stickers. What a cool logo. #design #retro #logo

The Caldor logo, a sort of three-layer rainbow in 1970s colors with a yellow outer ring, an orange middle ring, and a brown inner ring, atop the name “Caldor” in thin sans-serif capital letters.

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
bert_hubert@fosstodon.org ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦") wrote:

The good news is: we made it out of winter without depleting European gas storage sites! The bad news, we'll need to refill ~twice as much gas as past years to refill to healthy levels. Every new heat pump, solar panel and wind turbine will help us reach that goal more easily:

Graph showing how much energy is stored in European gas storage sites. Usually goes down until mid-April & then increases.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
amerpie@social.lol ("Lou Plummer 💖") wrote:

I saved this when we were fighting the bathroom wars in NC. Now we are fighting them nationwide. Also, MAGAts are idiots. Trans right are human rights.

A person with a beard wearing a cap and a green sports jersey is taking a selfie in a bathroom mirror. A woman stands in the background. The text on the image discusses the topic of transgender rights and legislation concerning bathroom use. It questions if the person belongs in women's facilities based on their gender at birth and advocates for transgender rights, ending with "Trans lives matter!"

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

The July 1987 issue of Computer Language magazine reviewed half a dozen Lisp implementations for MS-DOS and the Macintosh. There are a few I didn't know such as TransLISP by Solution Systems.

https://archive.org/details/computer-language-vol-4-no-7-1987-07-miller-freeman-publications-us/page/136/mode/2up?view=theater

#lisp #msdos #retrocomputing

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

China, Japan and South Korea hold a rare trilateral meeting to discuss a possible three-way free trade agreement amid concerns over expected additional tariffs to be imposed by US President Trump. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250330000952320

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

oh how fooking speh-shall of you @CARROT

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

- an early spring morning

Frosty breath whispers,
Sunrise paints the sky with gold,
Winter’s last embrace.

( courtesy https://arghstudios.com )

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

like most folks, I want action plans not hand-wringing. ‘Abundance’ provides both a perspective on what went wrong and a sketch of what needs doing. focus on action for a better society, not reaction against one Party or another.

this book is well worth reading and talking and thinking about. I do not agree with all its conclusions, and we need to hear what it has to say. we need goals, not just reaction.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/what-is-abundance-liberalism

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

While I appreciate Mastodon, I’ve decided to move to BlueSky and post there only from now on because I’m sick of having to look at, and post on, multiple platforms. Between Mastodon and BlueSky, I chose BlueSky due to its superior user experience.

I have also completely stopped opening or posting on X (Twitter).

I will still post major announcements on Mastodon.

Please follow me on BlueSky from now on: https://bsky.app/profile/nadim.computer

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Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Lotus Juice: Weapons of Mass Distraction - Vodka, Ginger Ale, Splash of Blue Curaçao, Cherry on top!

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Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Nice & Slow (R+B/Hip Hop Night): Social Insecurity - Jack Daniel's Whiskey, Ginger Ale, Splash of Bitters, Lime.

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Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Riddim Highrise-Khold: #TeslaTakedown -- Tito's vodka, lemon, razzberry, Starry soda

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Boosted by jwz:
nash@labyrinth.social ("Nash") wrote:

fediverse mermaid who lures their victims in by posting slightly incorrect things about linux

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mandaris@mandarismoore.com ("Mandaris Moore") wrote:

(Re)Starting Mindfulness: mandarismoore.com

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
johnnydecimal@hachyderm.io ("Johnny ‘Decimal’ Noble") wrote:

It's done. Six months of work. Two of us, 6+ days a week. Thousands of hours.

The Johnny.Decimal Small Business System. This reminds me: need to give it a pretty share-sheet. Later... need break...

https://sbs.johnnydecimal.com

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
triptych@social.lol ("Andrew Sukoden Wooldridge 🤺") wrote:

Dont forget that https://some.pics/ exists.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
omrrc@social.lol ("Omar") wrote:

If this isn’t terrifying.

The average college student today - by Hilarius Bookbinder https://hilariusbookbinder.substack.com/p/the-average-college-student-today?utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fcampaign=post%5Fembed&utm%5Fmedium=web

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

I enjoyed this set from Gallowstreet on KEXP. They reminded me of Meute and Moon Hooch (assuming those band names mean something to you), but probably just because of the bassy brass and they've got a fun sound. They're really their own thing. Check 'em out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEihmi%5FpZsE

Oh cool. They're on Bandcamp too:

https://gallowstreet.bandcamp.com/music

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
coolhand.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("luke") wrote:

Some badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dx@social.ridetrans.it ("🚲") wrote:

ngl this Wobblies song book has a title that goes harder than most rock albums “Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent”

Song booklet that says SIXTH EDITION AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL LABOR IS ENTITLED TO ALL IT PRODUCES UNIVERSAL THE WOR LABEL SONGS TO FAN THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT 939 Published by The Industrial Worker г. 0. Box 2129 Spokane, Washington PRICE TEN CENTS

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Boosted by jwz:
deanpreston@sfba.social ("Dean Preston") wrote:

Jacobin reports on the billionaire backlash we got for taxing the rich as San Francisco’s democratic socialist legislator.
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https://jacobin.com/2025/03/silicon-valley-vs-san-francisco-socialists