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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bazurk@social.lol ("ᗪave") wrote:

Never pass up an opportunity to appreciate a close friend.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 HR-Digiron-W lens (@ f/6.3), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50), Phase One XT camera (vertically shifted -12mm).

White-Gravenor Hall, completed in 1933, is Georgetown trying its best to look like Princeton, which tries its best to look like Cambridge. Built to house science labs, it's currently a general academic building with classrooms and administrative offices.

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

White-Gravenor Hall (Main Entranceway) Georgetown, Washington, DC.

All the pixels, none of the students or classes, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54481192198

#photography

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
shellsharks@malici.ous.computer wrote:

Scrolls is back on schedule, with volume 14 having been published this morning! Check it out for all the usual awesome #IndieWeb, #Fediverse and #Infosec / #Cybersecurity goodies.

https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2025-05-02

As is my tradition, I'd like to thank everyone I've tagged below for creating and sharing cool stuff that made it into this week's newsletter. I learn and am inspired each week thanks to each of these folks! 🤗

@adamshostack @fedify @ricci @daemon_nova @StaceyCornelius @FuzzySec @fr0gger @daj @EmilyMoranBarwick @heathenstorm @anders @gerben @harriorrihar @laamaa @ashur @readbeanicecream @felixthehat @chrastecky @jaranta @NIGHTEN @reiver @homegrown @rimu @cryptadamist @seava @neil @hamatti @shollyethan @Edent @mahryekuh @adam @jason @hothead@x.isalman.dev @aluhrs @eko_ekomori @spilledpixel @FlohEinstein

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

And now a forceful rebuttal to Ray Parker, Jr, et al

RE: https://www.threads.com/@johnhodgman/post/DJIOufhxdHY

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

I'm getting my ducks are in a row. I'm putting my chickadees in a column. The squirrels are stored in SQLite. I'm getting my chipmunks in Redis. I've been getting my crows into Postgres. I'm storing my pigeons in Mongo. There are raccoons in YAML? Who put raccoons in YAML? We've got snakes in an OracleDB? Why do we have either of those? Legacy acquisition? We have cockroaches in... well at least that makes sense. You say they're load-bearing cockroaches? And... is this an FTP server for ants?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
maxine@hachyderm.io ("maxine 🇵🇸") wrote:

When exactly did “democratise” begin to mean “remove need to learn”? GenAI democratised writing skills and art by not requiring any creativity, there’s Linux distros that democratise self-hosting by making it a one click process that will put you in a position of not knowing how to debug or make sure you’re following basic security practices in the long term.

Why is democratising access all about removing the need to learn and practise skills, rather than expanding access to educational materials and safe ways of experimenting and learning? I dislike this so much.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Legroom on #Shinkansen is like Brexit Toblerone

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

It’s #BandcampFriday! While you’re all buying everyone else’s great music (as I will in the morning my time zone) you can grab my stuff there for free at https://futzle.bandcamp.com/ if you’re into pop folk shanty show tunes from the 80s, 90s, and today!

#music #indiemusic

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Diziet@mastodon.me.uk ("Ian Jackson") wrote:

Free Software needs to get better at, and less scared of, doing politics. Blog post, by me.

https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/19879.html

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ollicle ("Ollie Boermans") wrote:

@MostlyHarmless @kornel the tiger in me ate both wolves

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

Any hard opinions on Beacons.ai? I see a lot of tech nerds using it so I'm inclined to trust it more(?)

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

On my way to Madrid for Eurocrypt. If you see me, say hi!

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

... and landed.

Again, this could have been any number of things, but the landing looked pretty good on ADS-B, anyway.

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

On approach to Nellis

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
mapache@hachyderm.io ("Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻") wrote:

"Vibe coding didn't exist in my days", yeah, well, it was called COPY PASTE and it was slower.

#coding #programming #technology #nostalgia #Meme

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

Now halfway to Nellis, descending through 8000 feet.

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

Pokémon art appreciation is back for #WeblogPoMo 2025! https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/05/pokmon-art-appreciation-2025-day-1

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

Ah, seems have broken out of the circle pattern, now heading southwest (maybe toward Nellis AFB). Just descended through 14000 feet.

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

Squawk code 7700 is a catch-all emergency indicator. It can mean anything from a serious problem with the aircraft to a passenger with a medical issue.

In this case, the steady altitude and consistent circle pattern suggests the pilot is not having any trouble controlling the plane. At the very least, all the wings and engines are probably still attached.

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

Seems to have leveled off at 17000 feet, still circling around Mesquite.

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

Starting a gentle descent, but still circling.

Boosted by jwz:
tinker@infosec.exchange ("Tinker ☀️") wrote:

Looks like Corporate #infosec has made it's choice.

#RSAC is filled with talks embracing AI and making it "secure".

And they invited and encouraged the Trump regime to spread its disinformation - fully sanctioned and encouraged by the conference leadership(and by conference attendees who laughed at the regime's jokes and lies and issued no challenges or stands during the talk).

With the ostracization of #ChrisKrebs by industry and the full embrace of Kristi Noem as a speaker, this was the moment that infosec made its bed.

Y'all lie in it now.

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

Still just circling around at a level 22000 feet, squawing 7700 as if there's no tomorrow.

Planes set their transponders to the emergency code by mistake fairly often, but military flights do so much less often.

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

“DISCO31”, a military E3G AWACS plane, appears to have declared an emergency (squawking 7700) , circling northeast of Las Vegas.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Someone knocked all my shampoo bottles down. I asked the cat, but he didn't know either.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
404mediaco ("404 Media") wrote:

Army Will Seek Right to Repair Clauses in All Its Contracts

🔗 https://www.404media.co/army-will-seek-right-to-repair-clauses-in-all-its-contracts/

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

🤩 I’m in awe at how amazing this community is. It hasn’t even been 24 hours since we began our May charity event, and we’ve already reached nearly $3,200 in donations and matches for 18 different organizations (many of which are local to our members). The sheer generosity is beyond inspiring. :prami_hearts:

If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, stop by and see how we’re making a difference together! https://home.omg.lol/giving/gift-tracker

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jepyang@wandering.shop ("jnpegay") wrote:

apparently there is a “rave collective” in toronto that has offered to be on-call for any reports of right-wing protests to bring a portable sound system and drown them out with 200bpm hardcore acid techno

i am so fucking here for this