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

We're starting hear more and more stories of visitors to the US being refused admission at land borders and airports and sent home after days or weeks in custody.

Have there been cases of this happening where US Customs operates at extraterritorial airports (e.g., many Canadian airports, etc)? I'm assuming not, since you'd have committed no crime in that country. If that's correct, such places might be a safer route into the US (not that we're a very good tourism destination right now).

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

Even as a child, I never liked the three stooges. Just too mean spirited for my tastes.

#SorryNotSorry

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

:thonking:

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shauna@social.coop ("Shauna GM") wrote:

Devastated I don't live in Boston anymore so I can't do this re-enactment

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

"Sometimes we don't want to heal because pain is the last link to what we've lost."

-- J.M. Storm (probably)

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

But I'm still more qualified to be SecDef than this guy.

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batkaren@mastodon.online wrote:

“Sir, a second attack plan has hit the Signal chat.”

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

@heidilifeldman It's interesting that the article refers to Abiline Airport, a nearby regional civil airport, and not Dyess Air Force Base, which is right on the other side of town. This implies they're using a civilian charter carrier rather than military transport for these flights.

I was looking forward to a case where someone was ordered to proceed with the removals, refused, is court-marshaled, and raises an "unlawful order" defense.

jwz wrote:

Pro tip!

If you do not have an answer to a question, remaining silent is always an option available to you!

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

If you ever doubt straight white dudes exist on the lowest difficulty setting in life, just look at fucking Pete Hegseth and believe

RE: https://www.threads.net/@jswatz%5Ftx/post/DIr2l2UyYhP

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

Some Easter blooms for you.

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

Sorry wrong chat group.

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

Operation Neptune is now a go for June 6. Location will be Normandy Beach. This is strictly need to know information, obviously.

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

The best people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.BE8.iFod.YMfC8EN9RWiK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare [gift link]

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

It's just a shame California went from a governor who merely played a Batman villain to a governor who actually is one

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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

It’s incredible how many conservatives can’t tell the difference between deportation (sending you back to your home country) and sending you to spend life imprisoned in a foreign prison camp.

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quaithe ("Eva Infeld 🍁") wrote:

OK fortune cookie you didn't have to go *this* hard

jwz wrote:

Dear Lazyweb,

Seeking source for simple but believable OpenGL 3D fire and smoke simulation that does not use GLES / GLSL shaders, OpenGL 1.3 only.

• "Why would you do that to yourself?" Reasons.
• "No, but here's one using Shader Language." You are not helping.
• "I know you said 3D, but here's a flat one." Again, not helping.
"Here's someone's thesis that doesn't have runnable code." No.

https://jwz.org/b/ykmx

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Michigander@toad.social ("Michigander :toad:") wrote:

TikTok: Look! I discovered hot water melts frozen food faster!

Twitter: Look at this TikTok video showing how to defrost your food faster!

Yahoo news: Millions of Twitter users view TikTok video showing new life hack for melting frozen food!

Mastodon: Please read my academic white paper describing the impacts of public school system underfunding

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

Regarding LB[1]: It tickled a memory, and I got lucky tracking down the source. From "Science Fiction Age" November 1995. Illustration by Joel Naprstek for the story "Just a Couple of Space Rogues Playing Name that Tune" by Adam-Troy Castro. One of his Vossoff and Nimmitz stories.

https://archive.org/details/Science%5FFiction%5FAge%5Fv04n01%5F1995-11/page/n41/mode/2up

Via:

https://www.adamtroycastro.com/book-table/bibliography/

[1] https://mas.to/@markarayner/114370453515861697

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

@NfNitLoop All I know about ATProto is that it's divisive. IMO you're better off implementing AP2 and using the bridge.

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

@NfNitLoop Works fine. I had trouble but at some point they added a mechanism to tell you when it wasn't happy (I needed a pfp). Now it works great.

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

Happy Feast Day of Agnes of Montepulciano!

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markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

"Hey Bob, I know you've just dropped acid, but could you draw us something for the Easter issue of Space Dorks magazine?"

#easter #eastersunday #easterbunny #spacedorks #sciencefiction #SFF #humor #humour

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toxi@mastodon.thi.ng ("Karsten Schmidt") wrote:

Tomodashi's (@vga256) design philosophy so much resonates with my own, even if my reality/interests and having roots in different social & technological environments/communities sometimes still causes friction/confusion/dilution of principles — it's all a process, an ongoing dismantling & rebuilding, and the path has become more clear over the past 5-10 years... thi.ng plays a major part (and stepping stones) for me in that context and very much shares the same principles laid out further below.

https://tomodashi.com/philosophy

"The sub-Arctic regions of the Canadian Northwest Territories have many communities of fishers, hunters and trappers who live off the land with simple and effective tools. When technology breaks down in the north, there isn't a tech support number to call, or dealership or mechanic to take it to. You're on your own.

This encourages you to care for your tools, and make repairs using whatever knowledge and resources you have on hand. People who live on the land only take with them what they can maintain, upgrade and repair themselves. Big, complex, fragile, expensive, high-performance, high-maintenance stuff is left at drydock.

The elders of the far north teach us that these human-sized and human-shaped tools are extensions of who we are. To care for one's tools is to care for one's community, and oneself. These are not separate things.

That is the key to the Tomodashi design philosophy.

Principles

All Tomodashi software is crafted with these four related ideas in mind:

1. Human-sized things are friendlier, more economical, and easier to learn.
2. The user is both a creator of things and a playful being.
3. Let people personalize, modify, and repair their toys and tools.
4. Imperfect creations feel more human, serene and beautiful.

When human qualities and self-expression become the focus of software engineering - whether it's a game or a programming tool or an IDE - all other arguments about programming and software design become moot"

❤️❤️❤️

#Technology #SoftwareCraft #HumanCentredDesign #ThingUmbrella

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@taral Hadn't heard of this. How's it working so far?

I've considered writing a BlueSky/#Diskuto bridge. I can't quite remember what stoped me, but I have the feeling that it was reading up on the AT protocol and being disappointed in it.

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PhineasX@mastodon.art wrote:

Bunny Day

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

He is risen
#StarTrek

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

For industrial subjects especially, I usually end up preferring the most straightforward and boring perspective I can find that just lets the subject speak for itself. The masters of this approach were Bernd and Hilla Becher, whose "Basic Forms" work richly repays your attention if you like this kind of stuff. https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Bernd%5Fand%5FHilla%5FBecher/

(They would have undoubtedly gone for an overcast day to capture Big Allis, but I liked the clouds.)

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

Known locally as "Big Allis" (after Allis-Chalmers, the manufacturer of the largest of the four generators in the plant), Ravenswood is fired by both natural gas (now the primary fuel) and oil, and also has the capability (rarely used, as far as I know) to burn coal.

Ravenswood has been linked to a spike in asthma and other respiratory disorders among local residents. There is pressure to decommission the generators and replace them with battery banks to store renewable energy from upstate.