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

my sysadmin turned 56 yesterday, so I went looking for a picture of me that year... me, trying hard to look tough like only a 19 or 20 year old can try

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

this is a sweet demo, v niocely done:

https://mastodon.scot/@svgeesus/114398840379594946

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

Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is quietly heroic.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
svgeesus@mastodon.scot ("Chris Lilley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿") wrote:

The @w3c WebFonts working group now has a fully functional Demo of Incremental Font Transfer which compares IFT to normal font loading with Unicode-range static subsetting. Just click on "next text sample" to see the font being upgraded in real time to support more writing systems and more font variation axes. There is a running total of bytes transferred, you can see that IFT loads much less data.

Both CFF2 and glyf fonts are used in the demo.

https://garretrieger.github.io/ift-demo/

#webfonts

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

if the Dems really believe a reprise of Bill Clinton's policies is all they need to win voters back then I fear they are dead in the water as an electoral factor

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/opinion/democratic-party-future.html

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

This was captured with a DSLR and a 24mm shifting lens.

This "portal" type transmission pylon, looking like part of an army of rather menacing giant robots, is part of the Pacific AC Intertie, one of the two major power transmission trunks running up and down the western US. It has capacity for about 5 gigawatts of electric power.

Do not climb.

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

High Voltage Transmission Pylons, near Tracy, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, none of the electrocution hazard, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491938005/

#photography

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

A child’s laughter, a mother’s worry,
A friend’s joy, a stranger’s pain,
All deserving of our time,
In the gentle embrace of empathy.

With each act of true listening,
We sow seeds of peace,
Nurturing a garden where kindness grows,
Where every voice is valued, every heart is heard.

So let us gather in circles,
Around tables, in parks, on the streets,
To share and to listen,
Building a world where harmony thrives.

2/2

via https://arghstudios.com

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

In a world where voices rise and fall,
Imagine the quiet moments,
Where listening becomes an art,
Hearts open, like flowers greeting the sun.

Each word spoken carries a story,
A tapestry woven with hopes and dreams,
If we pause, just for a heartbeat,
We might catch the whispers of another’s soul.

In the spaces between our thoughts,
Understanding blooms,
Differences become bridges,
Connecting us in our shared humanity.

1/2

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
overholt@glammr.us ("John Overholt") wrote:

"Richard J. Cellini directed the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program until he was laid off in January. He’s spent the last three months telling people that Harvard affiliates enslaved their ancestors — without Harvard’s knowledge." https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/25/slavery-notifying-descendants/

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

oh yes, yes yes yes

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

"Hegseth Accidentally Texts Houthis Detailed List of His Cosmetics" - Borowitz Report headline

[satire alert]

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

What is that thing?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/25/anatomically-fulsome/

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

Some chill, groovy motivation for your Friday. Herbie Hancock's "Doin' It":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBvd7k8b2U

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch ("saraaaaargh") wrote:

Awesome artwork by Mx morgan https://www.mxmorgan.com/

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

Today in History: Integrated circuit patented by Robert Noyce, 1961

and everything changed…

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

Who is that living under my deck?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/25/visited-by-an-alien/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
bx@tiny.tilde.website wrote:

OMFG.
I JUST REALISED A FOOD TRUCK IS REVERSE DRIVE THRU.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

They're so, SO close to getting it. Alas.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
quinn@social.circl.lu ("Quinn Norton") wrote:

When Congress returns next week, remember that they could stop Trump's rampage any time they want. Don't let their fecklessness and crocodile tears fool you. They could take back their authorizations of presidential power in a day. They are enabling all this, as bad as Trump himself.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It is *wild* to see so much progress via e18e.dev for developers through [ checks notes ] removing legacy assumptions and trimming script as a result in the [ looks down, back up...checks again ] React ecosystem

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

Drink Special @ Violette Wautier: Jesus Freckles - Bacardi Chili Mango Rum, Guava Soda, and a lime.

Attachments:

• gifv: 1db05c79d24c2e39.mp4

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

Apparently this is by @pornin. Props for the most excellent paper!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

The reason Hegseth keeps bypassing the Pentagon's existing security protocols is that he wants to avoid the requirements for security, safety, transparency, and accountability: https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

Today's light reading: https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1325.pdf

Remarkably comprehensive survey of the subject matter (binary elliptic curves) and very clever construction. Useful in specific cases where differential addition isn't available.

#elliptic #cryptography #math

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: Ponyo, you're amazing.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
lzg ("lenazun") wrote:

I know English has no actual rules but if there's foot -> feet and goose -> geese, then there should be shoop -> sheep

here's a shoop 🐑

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
dave_andersen@hachyderm.io ("David Andersen") wrote:

sigh. There are a lot of posts going around right now claiming that #bluesky is feeding data to the various data sniffers that the US government uses for surveillance and that #Mastodon is not.

This. Is. Crap.

Anything you post on Mastodon is nearly as easy to vacuum up as things you post on BlueSky. You should treat *all* social media platforms larger than a Signal group of your college friends + Pete Hegseth as "assumed public." It's slightly more work to slurp up almost all of mastodon but really not that much more.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

I adjusted the font to be more like the actual 029 keypunch font. Also found a bunch of other blank cards to use. The script adjusts spacing and size automatically for different size blanks. #retrocomputing

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

This capture made extensive use of view camera tilt movements. The depth of field is quite shallow here, so the lens was tilted forward to keep the stems and leaves in focus from the front to the back.