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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vmaderna@mastodon.art ("Victoria Maderna") wrote:

It's #KidLitArtPostcard day! For once I remembered early and made something especially for it (& de-rusted my inking muscles a bit) 😊

I'm Victoria, illustrator working in gouache/ink and analog media. Looking for new projects (PB, MG, covers & +)!

🖥️ https://victoriamaderna.com
✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com

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

morning bath

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

I don't know why I'm snickering, I'm heavily invested in the market

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

🪧 Will be mostly offline over the next few days as I hunker down and focus on wrapping some things up. (Support emails will still get attention!)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
eyeling@mastodon.art ("Eyeling") wrote:

This year more desaturated colours in editing, looking softer.

#BloomScrolling #hanami #CherryBlossom #Kirschbluete

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Delete your 23andMe data before Charles Murray can get his slimy hands on it!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/03/delete-your-data-now/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sophie@social.lol ("Sophie") wrote:

why do people hate underlining links so much? it doesn't even look bad, it just looks... clickable?

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

“…fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules") wrote:

In response to the police raid on #WestminsterMeetingHouse, #Quakers are organising a #MeetingForWorship outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday. People of all faiths and none welcome.

https://mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker-faith-in-action-october-16511620?e=6ffe430c3f

#Quaker #NonViolent #DirectAction #YouthDemand #RightToProtest #London

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.86.0 has been released! ✨🎊 🦀

This release adds trait upcasting, get_disjoint_mut on slices and hashmaps, #[target_feature] for safe functions, debug assertions for null pointers, Vec::pop_if, and more!

Check out the blog post and release notes for all the details: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/03/Rust-1.86.0.html

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

We didn't have to be here, but the fact is we're a racist and sexist country, and more of us wanted a bellowing criminal white male dimwit to be president than a competent woman of color. We'll be paying for that racism and sexism for decades.

jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver ffmpeg version skew.

Dear Lazyweb,

One of you could save me a whole lot of swearing if you would send me a patch that makes XScreenSaver 6.09 configured "--with-record-animation" compile without warning when linked against the ffmpeg 7.1 libraries rather than 4.x. (sample_fmts, supported_samplerates, ch_layouts are now deprecated and if there's a porting guide, I have not found it.)

Future generations thank you in advance.
https://jwz.org/b/yklt

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

A post-apocalyptic world, after a nuclear meltdown disaster originated by nuclear plants build to sustain AI image generators requests #MicroFiction

Boosted by jwz:
gilduran@journa.host ("Gil Duran") wrote:

Tech Fascists: We shall weaken the nation, destroy the economy, replace the dollar with crypto, replace people with AI, and create new Network State cities everywhere.

Normie Journalists: Folks, this is total chaos and incompetence with no structure or plan.

Boosted by jwz:
gwensnyder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Gwen Snyder is uncivil") wrote:

I mean, hell. It's not clear the steering wheel is going to be attached to a vehicle for much longer. The car is being stripped for parts and is also on fire. Oh, and it's a Tesla now, so let's hope they sell the doors for scrap before the fire reaches the cabin.

Boosted by jwz:
gwensnyder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Gwen Snyder is uncivil") wrote:

Their model is still course correction, but at this point we're not off-course, we're off-map. Even if they get the steering wheel back, they can't just re-enter the old destination into the GPS. We can't orient ourselves to that old vision of the future at this stage. It is no longer feasible.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
politico@flipboard.com ("POLITICO") wrote:

‘Sloppy, reckless’: Waltz use of Signal, Gmail revives concerns about White House communications
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/sloppy-reckless-waltz-use-of-signal-gmail-revives-concerns-about-white-house-communications-00268016?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-politico

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

This is all a stark reminder that government is serious business, that should be left to serious people.

#TurdReich #dumbasses #tRumpTariffs #doge #RFKJr #ClownCarCabinet #USPol

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

hilarious

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick%5Fuploaded-a-paper-and-got-a-video-podcast-activity-7313279758421676032-dIg7?utm%5Fsource=social%5Fshare%5Fsend&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop%5Fweb&rcm=ACoAAAB7JkEBQCk8SY-mmP6rvpKfocI7TzIpqK4

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

"shutting down adversarial drone swarms" is hard to do

'ARM can be a cost-effective countermeasure for drones ranging from microdrones to pizza box-sized devices. Costing pennies per use, it is portable with a viable range. Cohen adds: “ARM is designed to disable drones. And drones only. This is not a system for crowd or animal control...” [on] the battlefield, ARM can be attached to an attack drone or aerial support to help shut down adversarial drone swarms.'

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250327832606/en/Sound-Based-Drone-Disabling-Breakthrough-Announced-by-Fractal-Antenna-Systems

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

@w7voa The Heard and Macdonald islands will not stand for this aggression!

Boosted by jwz:
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

sometimes you find yourself wishing that the private equity industry were a physical building somewhere that we could all march on together and dismantle with our bare hands

Boosted by jwz:
mikemccaffrey@drupal.community ("Mike McCaffrey") wrote:

@inthehands What is the difference between Elon Musk and the Nazis? The Nazis were good at building cars.

Boosted by jwz:
violetblue ("Violet Blue") wrote:

Want to know what the US looks like from outside right now?

Fury from Canada and Australia, travel advisories in 10 countries, US boycotts expand, "kidnapped" detention center starvation and deaths, "Imminent Regime Crisis in the United States," more:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/view-from-here-125797319

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

Viral image - Plastic surgery crime story originated on a self-described satire site

#CrimeStory #SatireSite #RestrainingOrder #TransformationJourney #NameChange

http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/02/viral-image/plastic-surgery-crime-story-originated-on-a-self-d/

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

@dangoodin for me it’s because it tends to be a misrepresentation of the totality of the trade relationship and the benefits we get from it. Not only is the number the administration uses completely made up but they also then grossly misrepresent the impact to US businesses. For example if we have a relationship with a country like Vietnam that is not a large market for US made goods (because they are expensive or whatever) but we benefit tremendously from them being a lower cost place for manufacturing US business are getting tons of benefits from being able to sell, say, consumer electronics at a cheaper price than if it was manufactured elsewhere.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Paul Krugman: Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness. There’s no plan, secret or otherwise, behind Trump’s tariffs.

"There can’t be any secret agenda behind the Trump tariffs, because there’s nobody around Trump with the knowledge or independence to devise such an agenda. This is all about Trump’s gut feelings.

Trump wants each country to grovel and want to cut a deal.
Since most of our trading partners aren’t in a groveling mood, trade war seems inevitable."

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stop-looking-for-methods-in-the-madness
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"The Adventures of the Three Siblings and Mr. Peabody"

https://arghstudios.com/support/mrPeabody.pdf

courtesy Argh Studios Storyteller https://arghstudios.com

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org ("Ruth Mottram") wrote:

So, at this stage, this feels a bit like trolling...

Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway - https://on.ft.com/3Y5Mvmv via @FT