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

"Pennsylvania Avenue Subway" Tunnel (Former Reading Railroad), Philadelphia, 2004.

#photography

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
daemon_nova@labyrinth.zone (":minecraftPickaxe: ⸸ cmdr ░ nova ⸸ :~$ 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Have you been watching the #Fosstodon thing happen over the past week, and wondering, "what the heck's going on?" "who said what?" "what's a carrotcypher?"

Guess, and be confused, no more. I put together exactly what you need to see in order to understand what these people did, and why their instance is being silenced.

Neutrality, the biggest problem with large Mastodon instances.

(general warning for topics relating to fascism and the current political climate in the US)

https://mkultra.monster/social-media/2025/04/28/fashtodon

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Excellent write-up of the situation with #Fosstodon, with equally excellent commentary. If you’ve been out of the loop and care to catch up, this is the one to read. https://mkultra.monster/social-media/2025/04/28/fashtodon

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
mcc wrote:

The really funny thing about voting reform is there's a bloc which agrees first past the post is the worst option; but reformists are violently split between IRV, approval, and Condorcet-math-ranked-voting camps, so their support is split and they can't accomplish anything. This is the exact problem voting reform is meant to fix!

In effect we (North American culture) are continuously running a first-past-the-post poll for what voting system we should have, and first-past-the-post keeps winning.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
RikerGoogling@mas.to ("Riker Googling") wrote:

what planet do goths come from

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

“Accepting critical feedback is like taking medicine: it tastes bad, but it’s good for you.”

https://notes.neatnik.net/2025-04-29

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
ambv ("Łukasz Langa") wrote:

Yeah, I agree with this dude, even as a ChatGPT subscriber.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

TIL: you can skip through YouTube videos at double the playback speed by clicking on them and holding the mouse press.

jwz wrote:

Cage-Tech. "Industrial-Grade Juicing for Every Need"
https://jwz.org/b/ykm2

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

Incredible that BA managed to bugger their website with Next.js like a clueless startup burning borrowed cash. Who says trade across the pond is endangered? We import self-sanctioning economic policy, the UK imports failson tech...a "special" relationship in every way.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
TucsonSentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com ("Tucson Sentinel") wrote:

Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042925%5Fbp%5Fcalif%5Fjudge/judge-restricts-border-patrol-california-you-just-cant-walk-up-people-with-brown-skin/
‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps.
#Tucson #Arizona

Boosted by jwz:
charliejane@wandering.shop ("Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧") wrote:

Americans confused by the Canadian election need to learn the two types of democracies:

1. a Parliamentary system
2. a Funkadelicary system

In a Parliament, Dr. Funkenstein summons the Mothership to defeat Sir Noze

In a Funkadelic, freeing your mind allows your maggot brain to create one nation

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

🖊️ I just posted a new article to krrd.ing!

navigating power and privilege https://krrd.ing/posts/navigating-power-and-privilege/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

@endonend I think my favorite review of Crucial Tracks came from @robb who said, "I'm just a lil bit angry that I didn't think of this, it's so smart."

Such a great idea and well-executed. Looking forward to see where you take this.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
endonend@social.lol ("Jason") wrote:

I love the slow, serendipitous nature of Crucial Tracks. It gives you a chance to appreciate everyone's story and vulnerability. Music is one of the key things that links us -- whether you are into rock, pop, punk, jazz, EDM, rap, ska, whatever... it amazes me the variety I see on the site even with a smallish number of users... but in the end each song has humanity and life experience behind it that we can all relate to, even if you don't "understand "the song. ❤️

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

A few days ago my Mom and sis started getting email bounces for me. They are both on iCloud. I got a look at one of the bounce messages today - Apple is interpreting my graylist 421 temp fail status code as a permanent failure.

The problem showed up now because Apple started using a new netblock. I had the old block whitelisted so graylisting didn't get invoked. Whitelisting the new block fixes it for now, until they change addresses again.

But really, Apple should OBEY THE FUCKING RFC.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
alexcox ("Alex Cox") wrote:

People keep asking me about transphobic takes from people I have literally never heard of, asking if I’m “okay…” so if you actually want to check in, look at my bank account and either support me on Ko-fi, Patreon, or heck just give me money. Then, I can buy this month’s hormones and a new binder, and then I’ll let you know if I’m okay, deal?

https://ko-fi.com/alexcoxfm
https://www.patreon.com/alexcox

PayPal: alexcoxfm
Cashapp: $alexcox42
Venmo: @alexcox42

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

Listening to John Mayall Jazz and Blues Fusion from Jul 5, 1973

https://wolfgangs.app.link/r0kXRqqrYSb

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

I re-joined Disney+/Hulu for their $2.99/month promotion to watch “Andor” and re-watch “Burn Notice”, and while the ads in the latter don’t bother me, the ads in the former may infuriate me enough to pony up the extra $17/month for a bit.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
clarity@xoxo.zone ("clarity flowers") wrote:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE UPDATE

"Bugs" is now an adjective for describing things that are fascinating, cool, beautiful. Particularly if in an idiosyncratic way.
- "Oh man this album is bugs, you gotta listen to it"
- "Lately I've been getting into painting a picture of the same tree every day" "That's bugs, good for you"

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

it probably won’t work @CARROT

Attachments:

• video: 70df5e0a06d24b64.mp4

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

New Logo, Who Dis? https://rknight.me/blog/new-logo-who-dis/

I put on my best designer hat and made a new logo for EchoFeed.

With thanks to @adam and @humdrum for their help and feedback.

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

M$: "This is a feature, not a bug."

https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann/114066966688053113

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

okay, this is going to break my brain... why the fsck did the email subsystem for my service seemingly at random refuse to handle some (just *some*) gmail addresses correctly for 3 frigging DAYS & now it is fine??? [screaming noises b/g]

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@normative.bsky.social Be ready, folks. There will be a lot of negative energy, and we need to make sure that gets directed into marches and resistance, not hiding and running away.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattgemmell@mastodon.scot ("Matt Gemmell") wrote:

This is the most helpfully packaged box of screws I've ever seen, by a large margin. I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate whomever was responsible for such a triumph of utility and empathy.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ErikUden@mastodon.de ("Erik Uden 🍑") wrote:

That's how I manage my Mastodon servers from the Cuban outback!

Attachments:

• video: A video of Erik Uden on his phone showing an SSH connection to a troet.cafe server, then the nature environment through the window, and then the camera panning throughout the bus

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
urbandinosaurs@urbanists.social ("Urban Dinosaurs") wrote:

An American crow near (what I’m told) is its nest in Riverside Park in NYC.
And it's now certain that there are at least two chicks in the nest! But the two parents took a break on a rooftop across the street before both headed towards Morningside Park.
#birds #wildlifePhotography #birdCPP #birdsForBecsNan

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

places.pub

I'm making an initial version of places.pub available today. places.pub is a collection of Place objects suitable for use in geosocial applications on the ActivityPub network. Part of my work in the Social Web Community Group at the W3C has been work in the GeoSocial Task Force. This is a sub-group of the SocialCG that is working on implementing user stories in ActivityPub related to the intersection of geographical systems and social networking, for example, tagging an image with the […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/04/29/places-pub/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#TrickleDown #MAGA #TrumpEconomy #TrumpRecession #TrumpTariffs #NoBillionaires #ElonMusk #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #GuillotinesWork