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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Systemic white supremacy is when the family of white supremacist & violent insurrectionist Ashli Babbit is getting $30 Million dollars in reparations from the Trump regime for her alleged wrongful death on Jan 6, but Black citizens murdered by police like Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Aiyana Jones, Philando Castile, “should have complied,” despite actually doing nothing wrong.

$30M for insurrecting while white.

System ain’t broken, it is working as intended. And that’s the problem.

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

I am getting into writing PostgreSQL functions in the C language and I am particularly interested in ordered-set aggregate functions.

Is there anyone out here who can direct me in the right direction?

#postgresql #sql #aggregate #function #clang #programming

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

“ - yet who believe that these subjects must be decided through democratic debate and constitutional processes rather than the dictates of a single man.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/opinion/trump-100-days-opposition.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.Ek8.9qvf.%5FqZwwpwP6FOA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

“The patriotic response to today’s threat is to oppose Mr. Trump. But it is to do so soberly and strategically, not reflexively or performatively. It is to build a coalition of Americans who disagree about many other subjects — who span conservative and progressive, internationalist and isolationist, religious and secular, business-friendly and labor-friendly, pro-immigration and restrictionist, laissez-faire and pro-government, pro-life and pro-choice…”

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
darktable@photog.social wrote:

We like editing our photos. We like seeing *your* creative decisions about your photographs. We like seeing you make impactful work and share it with others. We like tools that can help you underscore your own creative vision.

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

But, in all seriousness, I really appreciate all of the feedback that I’ve received over the past few days. Some of it has been shared in the form of critical blog posts, but it’s helpful feedback all the same. I know that there are other things I can be doing instead of pointing to *every* injustice and trying to right *every* wrong. And focusing on those things can ultimately make a better difference.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
andrealuck@fosstodon.org ("Andrea Luck") wrote:

Another cool Martian cloud spotted by CNSA Tianwen 1...

and yes, Mars does have clouds!

Full size & info: https://flic.kr/p/2r2HXah
Image Processing: Andrea Luck
Raw data: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC

Mars, Protonilus Mensae - March 1, 2022

Mosaic of 3 images created using data processed from https://moon.bao.ac.cn

Mission: CNSA Tianwen 1
Camera: MoRIC
Time: 2022-03-01T23:50:27.510000Z
Longitude: 39.206461
Latitude: 46.255012
Altitude: 394 km

#Mars #Solarocks #Space #Astronomy #Astrodon

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

I have not yet begun to “woke”.

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

Do you approve of the state of the software industry?

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

No idea where it came from though. I grew up in a remote outpost of humanity, so it was either picked up via popular culture or perhaps some air force kid brought it in.

Then again, I suppose it could've been local invention that was also independently invented elsewhere. You know, like convergent language evolution or something.

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

I was having a conversation with my wife about slang terms used when we were younger, and she had never heard of "bad out". It got me wondering if the use of "bad out" was a local phenomenon during my grade school years, but apparently not:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bad%20Out

We were definitely saying it as elementary school kids on the playgrounds in the 80s where I lived.

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

this is Musk:

“Empathy that connects, that builds, that heals requires a code of ethics. It requires restraint. It requires trust. It asks the empathizer not just to understand others but also to honor what that understanding unlocks. When empathy becomes unmoored from ethics, it becomes coercion with a smile.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/opinion/empathy-ethics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

Regarding LB[1]: It's an incredible story at the intersection of culture, language, politics, and engineering. I'd love to see Lin Yutang's MingKwai in action:

"At nine inches (23 centimetres) tall and less than 20 inches (50 centimetres) in length and width, MingKwai was no larger than a standard English typewriter. Most notably, it resembled its Western counterparts and featured a keyboard. With 72 keys, the device could type more than 90,000 Chinese characters."

[1] https://social.coop/@natematias/114450318139724718

Boosted by jwz:
Viss wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
natematias@social.coop ("J. Nathan Matias 🦣") wrote:

"The original typewriters were designed for the Latin alphabet. Conceived with little regard for the non-Western world, the technology’s proliferation served Western hegemony."

"Languages with non-Latin alphabets were forced to contort and comply with the alien instrument. The Chinese script, unreachable with an alphabetic keyboard, was castigated as incompatible with modernity"

Amazing story about a unique typewriter thought lost & its place in cultural history.

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/lost-and-found-the-unexpected-journey-of-the-mingkwai-typewriter/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ryan@m29.us ("Ryan Finnie") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:

@HopelessDemigod FWIW I am very, very happy with mine. The guy sells a zillion of them and makes them with much higher quality components than my old MFJ EFHW had. And he actively supports his products too.

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

Boosted by jwz:
rubenbolling ("Ruben Bolling 🪲") wrote:

May the Fourth be with you.
Attack the Death Star every day.
(https://tomdbug.wpcomstaging.com/the-inner-hive/)

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

I should have done this a long time ago, but I only had wool yarn on hand. This bamboo sock yarn is perfect for the purpose. And it doesn't matter if my dyed hair stains them pink!

I have half a mind to decorate the top of the headphones with the same yarn, but I don't know what motif... My embroidery skills are limited. Anyone have ideas? #visiblemending #repaircafe

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net ("Stephen Sekula") wrote:

When I used to teach, I would theme my physics courses and make “teaser trailers” for the next semester physics courses. I could never post these on YouTube because of their hair trigger automated takedown notices, even when parody was in full effect. But thanks to PeerTube, I can host some of these and share them with people.

Here is my teaser trailers for my 3rd semester physics course!

https://media.cooleysekula.net/w/b4kntrWT6uVHkKKGtiTCmy

#MayThe4th #StarWars #Physics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MiBaWi@m.ai6yr.org ("MiBaWi - Michael Barthel") wrote:

Today, Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan slams Trump‘s post on social media showing him dressed as the pope: “It wasn’t good.” Dolan also called it a “brutta figura” which in Italian roughly translates to “making a fool of yourself.” ....

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

I can never predict what folks will repost or “like”

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Kclemson@socialnotwork.net ("KC Lemson") wrote:

This is a homerun of a joke

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

The force was large with him. #grickledoodle #starwars #yoda #theforce #maythe4thbewithyou #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sajan@mastodon.art ("Sjn") wrote:

Alas was nominated for the Humour category in the Cartoonist Coop's minicomic awards, and won! Celebrating by sticking it up on itch here: https://sajan.itch.io/alas

You can watch/listen in to the awards here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1hLEKk4zps

#mastoart #comic #comics #sajanrai #art

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

I need to stop being such a wimpy pushover.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/04/have-mercy/

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

“There is a profound difference between liberty and power. When you have power, you certainly experience it as freedom. You can do what you want to do. Liberty, by contrast, protects people against power. Liberty is what grants you freedom of action even when you are not in control.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/opinion/trump-woke-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
velten_dev@fosstodon.org ("Victor Velten") wrote:

I have been observing the #Fosstodon drama and decided to write publish my thoughts.

Contains writings on the incident, politics/culture, and a (probably) controversial opinion. You have been warned.

https://velten.dev/blog/fosstodon-drama/

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

Gramercy Park, which sits between Lexington Avenue and Irving Place between 20th and 21st Streets in Manhattan, is a locked private park. At the center of the park is a statute of Edwin Booth, a 19th century actor today best known for being the less murderous sibling of John Wilkes Booth.

Only residents of the surrounding buildings are issued keys. There are a lot of rules, including against photography, so this is as close as we get. If you have to ask, you don't belong. Go away.