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

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https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/04-13.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #powerman5000 #reddevilvortex #makesmyblooddance #hardrock #metal #numetal #electrometal #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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

oh lord, this is *such* a bad practice for *so* very many reasons... `Captain Will Lowdon of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit “used AI to help write the daily and weekly intelligence reports he provided to his commanders.”' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/13/how-to-sell-ai-slop-to-the-us-military-with-vannevar-labs-and-mit-tech-review/

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

Opinion: Franklin Foer, The Atlantic

"Trump is waging war against professionals, intellectuals, scientists, education, writes Franklin Foer. We've seen this movie before - in Mao's China"

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-waging-war-professional-class/682409/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3-h3gdyrK22tbt8Qkwl4sX4&utm%5Fsource=copy-link&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=share

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

Law of the Multiverse: First, master the tools that you pick

"If you are naive, you put a new thing into production, and experience this law in practice. And then you conclude from this that you should use a different thing for the next feature.

This is how you awoke one morning, from uneasy dreams probably, and found yourself with nine alerting systems in production.

The new thing won’t be better, you just aren’t aware of all of the ways it will be terrible yet."

https://boringtechnology.club/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

seriously, this is a much better idea

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funhouseradio@mastodon.world ("FunHouse Radio") wrote:

► https://FunHouseRadio.com <-- TUNE IN
Like this #meme? Try the stream!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

At this point the economic damage from the drop in consumer confidence and inability of businesses to plan is clear. The actual goal of the tariffs outside of getting a bunch of world leaders to kiss the ring less so.

This level of self inflicted damage to the global economy is unprecedented.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Americans. 🙄

“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”

• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree

“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”

• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory

https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3lmpjuzutkc22

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
anna_lillith@mas.to ("anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖") wrote:

This news is a devastating blow to conservation efforts.

#CommonsEarth #Trump #forests #logging

1/5

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

@blogdiva every few years we rediscover that the origin story of TtTE was horrific, but geez there was that one episode where they straight up entombed a train for complaining about his working conditions and the concluding message was “he deserved it”.

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sad-story-of-henry-is-this-tvs-most-tragic-tale/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Well I’m not going with the guy who bankrupted his own casinos.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"There’s a lot of circumstantial evidence for massive insider trading around last week’s tariff announcement; the big beneficiaries from the latest move are companies that made big donations to Trump. …

We’re turning into a nation where policies are ill-considered and constantly changing, and business success depends not on what you know but on who you know and whether you pay them off."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #economy #tariffs #StockMarket #InsiderTrading
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-tariffs-just-got-even-worse

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Motorod ("Rod Mesa") wrote:

"Where they burn books, they will also burn people." - Heinrich Heine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bengerman@hachyderm.io ("Ben Berry") wrote:

Someone misinterpreted a request to "help me get this python running" https://mstdn.social/@Illuminatus/114319231522348355

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TomWellborn@universeodon.com ("TomWellborn3") wrote:

Someone tried to burn down Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home while his family slept; this is what stochastic terrorism looks like. MAGA’s war on democracy has turned domestic terror into a political strategy. No arrests; just fire, fear, and silence from the fascist right.
https://www.rawstory.com/josh-shapiro-arson/

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

Now upgraded to a luxury apartment!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/blue-has-moved-126576259

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

Relocated my tarantula from this confining box to a spacious 29 gallon tank.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/13/blue-has-outgrown-her-home/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

When we powered on the Commodore PET computer, the screen filled with random gibberish characters instead of the boot message, so we knew there was a problem. This behavior was mostly reassuring since it showed that the power supply, clock, video circuitry, and monitor all worked.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

Noting that the well-regarded University of Michigan consumer-sentiment index released yesterday shows consumer confidence falling for the fourth straight month, dropping 11% from March, Heather Cox Richardson writes,

"This level of consumer sentiment is the second lowest since the index began in 1952."

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #economy #recession #tariffs #StockMarket #consumers #ConsumerConfidence
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-12-2025

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

Today in History: Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States, born Shadwell Plantation in the Colony of Virginia, 3rd of 10 children

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Tom Gauld ") wrote:

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

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

One of the challenges of very long lenses is that they tempt you to compose images of subjects that are very far away. But the farther away something is, the more the atmosphere can distort the image. The effects of heat distortion, pollution, humidity, and weather are amplified across longer distances, no matter how sharp the lens is or how high resolution the sensor.

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

Very long lenses like the 400mm, with their narrow field of view, are essential for some compositions (such as this one), but I find I only rarely actually use them. In fact, the longest lens I have for my main medium format camera system is 180mm (which yields the 35mm equivalent view of about a 120mm), and I hardly ever use even that for the most of the photography I do.

For wildlife photographers, on the other hand, 400mm is practically a wide angle.

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

This was captured with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, which contributed to the compressed perspective. The conductor boarding the leftmost train is essential to the composition, I think.

Ewing, NJ ("West Trenton") is the last stop on SEPTA's commuter trains from Philadelphia on the former Reading Railroad's line to northern NJ. CSX freight trains still use the tracks north of the station, beyond the end of the overhead electrified wiring used for passenger service.

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

Commuter Trains, Ewing (West Trenton), NJ, 2010.

All the pixels, with plenty of seats at rush hour, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4377309058

#photography

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

Ha ha. Minnesota Republicans are fighting amongst themselves.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/13/civil-war-in-the-minnesota-republicans/

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justincox@social.lol ("Justin Cox") wrote:

I can’t manage to take a picture of it because of the airplane window, but there is a beautiful full moon staring at me. It’s so bright and feels reachable at 32,000 ft in the sky. This is one of the many rewards this week will bring.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
andyn@social.lol ("Andy") wrote:

I just had a Capybara experience at a local zoo. They have to be the cutest, most chill animals I’ve ever seen. Adorable.

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t54r4n1@mspsocial.net ("the most validated enby") wrote:

I will not give the bad take airtime. I will not publish a counter-take. I will see the bad take, and I will let it wash over me. In the end, the bad take will be gone, and I will remain.