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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jepyang@wandering.shop ("jnpegay") wrote:

I’m at the pagan festival

I’m at the labor uprising

I’m at the combination pagan festival and labor uprising

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

After declining COBRA coverage earlier this week (because I now have other coverage), my monthly payment was deducted anyway today, because merely declining coverage does not cancel an autopayment. Good times.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

"Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed" has been published as a W3C Draft finding by @tag

"Third-party (AKA cross-site) cookies are harmful to the web, and must be removed from the web platform. This finding explains why they must be removed, and examines the challenges in removing them. We highlight some use cases that depend on third-party cookies and offer some examples of designed-for-purpose technologies that can replace them."
https://w3ctag.github.io/web-without-3p-cookies/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
daveycraney@social.lol ("Davey Craney") wrote:

Reading about all the businesses and associations in the UK now feeling empowered to come out with these transphobic exclusion policies is deeply depressing and anger-provoking. What a hate filled little island we are.

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
cdevroe ("Colin Devroe") wrote:

Just registered for PHPverse – a free virtual event to celebrate 30 years of PHP happening on Tuesday, 17 June.

https://lp.jetbrains.com/phpverse-2025/

#PHP #PHPverse

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
macrumors ("MacRumors.com") wrote:

Apple VP Referred for Criminal Contempt After 'Outright Lies' in Epic Games Ruling https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/apple-vp-criminal-contempt-outright-lies-epic-case/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
scy@chaos.social wrote:

TIL: The European Union Public License.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%5FUnion%5FPublic%5FLicence

Looks pretty decent actually!

• OSI and FSF approved
• copyleft
• SaaS clause (like the AGPL)
• explicitly compatible with several copyleft licenses to allow EUPL code to be integrated into GPL, AGPL, LGPL, OSL, MPL etc. projects
• based on European law
• available in 23 languages, all with the same validity

#EUPL #EuropeanUnion #software #license #FLOSS #OpenSource #licensing

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
vagina_museum@masto.ai ("Vagina Museum") wrote:

There are in fact lots of parts in lots of animals which are given various names, but *could* all meaningfully be called a vagina. Rachel M. Keeffe and vagina research rockstar Patricia Brennan have compiled this helpful table on various names given to these organs.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:

🤓

https://toutesdesfemmes.fr/nileane-dorffer-elue-presidente/

Boosted by jwz:
stevenrosenthal@mastodon.online ("Steven Rosenthal") wrote:

Totally not Photoshopped

Boosted by jwz:
Xenofact@www.xenofact.com wrote:

The Map Isn’t The Territory But It Is Art

https://www.xenofact.com/2025/05/01/the-map-isnt-the-territory-but-it-is-art/

Boosted by jwz:
hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange ("Lesley Carhart :unverified:") wrote:

The most millennial post ever

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tofugolem ("Tofu Golem") wrote:

It's such a mystery.

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

The most exciting thing about making good software now is that nobody does, but they all could, and so you can treat reviews like they fell off a Cisco truck.

(pun intended)

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

🗞️ News from #omgdotlol: Make a difference in May https://omglol.news/2025/05/01/make-a-difference-in-may

This month we’re doing something very different with how we support charities, made possible with the incredible generosity of one of our members. :prami_happy:

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

The U.S. economy shrank -0.3% in Q1 and tariffs didn’t even start until March. To every Trump fan who tells you they didn’t sign up for this, never forget…

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

Just sayin, QTs provide attribution, and where are we, really, without attribution?

https://www.theverge.com/news/658932/google-play-store-lost-half-apps

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
verge ("The Verge") wrote:

Google’s Play Store lost nearly half its apps https://www.theverge.com/news/658932/google-play-store-lost-half-apps

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
verge ("The Verge") wrote:

Apple exec ‘outright lied’ during Epic trial https://www.theverge.com/news/659301/apple-executive-lied-under-oath-epic-alex-roman

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
film_girl ("Christina Warren") wrote:

#OSU’s Open Source Lab has a shortfall of funding ($250k) that if they don’t raise, means the lab will be shutdown. Federal grants are a cluster right now and big donors might come through but in the interim, if you can donate or appeal to your company to donate, plz do! #opensource #osl h/t @Mulderc https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
bascule@mas.to ("Tony Arcieri 🌹🦀") wrote:

Today in Elon Musk schadenfreude: he has officially moved out of the White House, and the Tesla board has opened a search for a successor CEO

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-musk-ceo-search-board-0ce61af9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
shanselman@hachyderm.io ("Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮") wrote:

The Oregon State open source lab which provides hosting for hundred of open source projects, as well as research, resources, and support to countless other others is in trouble and we will shut down soon if they can’t find $250,000. Spread the word and donate https://give.fororegonstate.org/PL1Uv3Fkug

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

I want to thank my dog for allowing me the joy of fishing a week-old dead rodent out of her chomping mouth, it really made the day complete, a not-to-be-missed experience for sure

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

I have cooked a terrific steak, and filled the house with so much smoke I am considering checking into a hotel for the night

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

dying alone
dying alone not that bad?
ai girlfriend
ai girlfriend near me
cheesecake door dash

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

My wife just had a birthday. I decided to get her something a little different for a gift.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/30/what-i-got-krissy-for-her-birthday/

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

Also: outlived Henry Kissinger.

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

First they came for the immigrants,

(To be continued.)

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

Interesting tidbit from her obit: She didn't find out that her war work had been declassified (25 years earlier) until she visited, as a tourist, the NSA museum in 1997 and saw Enigma machines on open display.

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

Julia Parsons, who worked on deciphering German Enigma traffic as a US Navy cryptologist in WW II, has died at the age of 104.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/julia-parsons-dead.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.Dk8.P%5F-G.KhlNj7GIVjhR&smid=url-share