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RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr") wrote:

In Medieval Germany, they had what was called Marriage Duels, where a husband and wife could physically fight each other.

To make things fair, the husband had to stand in a hole with one hand tied behind his back, holding a sword in his free hand, while the woman hit him with a bag of rocks.

I'm going to bring this up every time someone has a problem with No Fault Divorce.

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catandgirl@socel.net ("Cat and Girl") wrote:

Quoth the craven evermore

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Ttubretep@mstdn.social ("Ziggy Sawdust") wrote:

Enric Torres-Prat
#pulp #pulpart

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

Pretty amazing oscope music demo out of Revision 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DifrkaALOg

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th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, the 1/4" stereo jack is still in use. #Andor

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lrhodes@merveilles.town ("L. Rhodes ⁂") wrote:

"Strike" is sailing jargon. To strike the sails is to take them down. With the sails down, the ships won't travel. In 1768, London sailors struck the sails of merchant ships, stopping international trade to protest wage cuts. That's why deliberate work stoppages are now called strikes. Direct action so potent it changes the language for more than two and half centuries.

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

Next.js, and the React ecosystem more broadly, are deeply McLuhanist. NPM and JSX are the medium, and the message is "it's your fault for being poor".

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀") wrote:

It's incredibly easy to be full of despair right now. I get it, I feel it too.

Don't let anyone tell you that the people who are doing the best are because they *deserve* it or are "geniuses".

And also don't let anyone tell you that a group of people who by and large who seem to be suffering and aren't doing as well relative to the metrics of the system is because they're not worthy or have failed themselves.

We have to try to build the best world for each other we can, the best we can.

💜

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davidbisset@phpc.social ("David Bisset") wrote:

Why I 🧡 the web.

https://www.foldnfly.com/

A database of paper airplanes with easy to follow folding instructions, video tutorials and printable folding plans.

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

This would be fun to see. Too bad I'm diagonally opposite, geographically speaking:

https://mimmsmuseum.org/exhibits/#byte

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bornach@fosstodon.org ("Bornach") wrote:

Mitxela's next clever idea involves a Eurorack controller knob that converts to a CV input
https://youtu.be/dLw2QQdOLaM
#modularSynth #electronics

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grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Lol. #grickledoodle #horror #cthulhu #lovecraftian #cartoon #art #drawing #selfie #funny

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eclectech@things.uk wrote:

So far I've drunk coffee, scribbled on a flower and watched a robin who is definitely doing circuits that involve a couple of critical stopping spots in our garden. None of these things are on my to-do list.

#photography #bird

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

this is so very 1850s, and so very dangerous to Constitutional government:

“FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested”

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6

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

'“a warrant was not presented in the hallway on the 6th floor,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.' https://www.apg-wi.com/news/state/fbi-investigating-milwaukee-county-judge-after-third-courthouse-ice-arrest/article%5F15ff37fd-3a9a-5627-afd6-c49a65433c14.html

h/t https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/114399095111148866

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.

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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

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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

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sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch ("saraaaaargh") wrote:

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