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

Literally made it through one last Easter. His timing, as much as these things could be said to be, was perfect.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@hollywoodreporter/post/DIs-rjFuDsz

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

It's more difficult to keep up with people when your own things (and the world) are taking up so much more time, and everything feels like it's taking up more time these days. Everything wants attention now, and not always for good ends. My solution here is to be understanding when I drop off people's radars, and hope they are the same with me.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@david%5Fblue/post/DIs3mqPxa39

bendingoutward wrote:

So, I've come to a conclusion. Pocketbase is pretty dope.

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

@ThisCJ because not everyone in the world is you, and different people have different circumstances. Some of those people may, for various reasons and having differing priorities, need to travel to the US, and might want to reduce their risk when doing so.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

Coyote ecology art show // https://fberriman.com/2025/04/20/coyotes/

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

Maybe the Dublin airport will pick up business as a gateway to the US from Europe now.

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible") wrote:

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

Personally, I would not be doing elective travel to the US right now if I were a non-US citizen if I could avoid it, but for those who need to, I'd definitely want to do it in a way that minimized the chance that I spent weeks in an immigration lockup if someone didn't like the way I looked.

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.

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

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

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