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Boosted by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
legoktm@wikis.world ("Kunal Mehta") wrote:

New blog post: Archiving Hell Gate's FYIs

https://blog.legoktm.com/2025/05/08/archiving-hell-gates-fyis.html

Hell Gate's website has a "FYI" blurb which is usually one to two sentences with a link to a story about some current event.

Unfortunately it's not well advertised; so I've created an archive of them and set up an RSS feed:

https://legoktm.com/hellgatenyc-fyi/

#HellGateNYC

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
trumpwatch.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Trump Watch 👀") wrote:

“The U.S. is weaponizing Starlink in trade talks, pressuring nations with tariffs to bend the knee. Apartheid Elon tech isn’t just connecting the world—it’s advancing corporate dominance on a global scale. #TechImperialism #Starlink #TradeWars #GlobalControl” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

U.S. pushes nations facing tar...

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

Diana (left) was a kitten in the shelter when I moved here in 2000, and Little Guy wandered into our lives as a skinny lost adolescent during a particularly bad winter in 2004. they died w/in months of each other in late 2017.

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

#economy #tariffs #doom

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

thread

https://mastodon.social/@Deglassco/114472787542716256

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Eight years.

Mud, frostbite, hunger, blood, and revolution. And when it ended—when the republic was born—Billy Lee returned to Mount Vernon not as a citizen. But as property. A body. An asset. A man owned.

6/20

Image: 18th century engraving defecting George Washington meeting with his generals. One of the Black men in the upper left corner may be William Lee.

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

nice QSO with someone near Cape Cod on 80m JS8 📡 #HamRadio

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Do folks have recommendations for books on very early personal computing history? I'm thinking mostly the 1970s. I've read a lot of computing history but don't mind "obvious" suggestions if you've got them!

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

cool, chatting w someone near Cape Cod on 80m JS8

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

a little response to my HB on 80m JS8... let's see what happens with a CQ

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

okay, many automated responses but no humanoids for me on 40m JS8... time to try longer wavelengths

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ldmay65@universeodon.com ("LaDonna") wrote:

😡
CDC denies Milwaukee request for help with MPS lead poisoning crisis
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/04/11/cdc-denies-milwaukee-request-for-help-with-mps-lead-poisoning-crisis/83033453007/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Pretty sure I saw more infosec people defending the former Uber CISO for outright felonies than I've seen defend Chris Krebs for standing up for democracy.

Let's fix that.

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

40m lots of automated HB responses on JS8... let's see if a CQ gets a real humanoid

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

many stations automatically responding to HB on 30m JS8, but no real humanoids answering CQ ;^(

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

okay, 30m JS8 is jumpin' tonight

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

sending CQ on 20m JS8

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

Stabler has a hard life

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

me, my “kid”, her pooch, and her hubby, lined up on the couch at their place in Nashville

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

Little Guy was my buddy

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

I still miss them both, all these years later

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
emma@orbital.horse ("Emma Loves ☕️") wrote:

Your friends and family who voted for Trump are costing people their jobs.

https://mastodon.cloud/@adafruit/114473093999575769

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
seachanger@alaskan.social ("wet forest moon folklorist") wrote:

pope won’t save us, only organizing can do that etc etc

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
vale@fedi.vale.rocks ("Vale") wrote:

I’d like to thank the HTTP ‘referer’ header field for permanently ruining my ability to correctly spell the word ‘referrer’.

#WebDev #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
chockenberry ("Craig Hockenberry") wrote:

If you're using a . onTapGesture to make something act like a Button, you will eventually hear from someone who uses VoiceOver.

And you will regret that decision as you do a lot of View refactoring. Like me, right now.

VoiceOver has nothing to read with gestures. And when you use that tap gesture for a primary input mechanism, like a close button, there's no way for that person to use it.

Don't use single tap gestures: it's a foot gun that is _very_ not obvious.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :togedemaru:"):
BenRiceM wrote:

Silly me, I’m still writing the old pope on all my cheques

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

it's like rubber duck debugging, except the duck talks

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

one sneaky benefit that programmers get out of AI tools is a requirement to clearly describe the actual problem before they start writing code

Boosted by jwz:
patzer@mastodon.green ("WL") wrote:

@collectifission
I guess Leo XIV is an OK name, but seeing how he’s from Chicago, passing on Al Capope feels like a missed opportunity.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :togedemaru:"):
petrillic@hachyderm.io ("Chris Petrilli") wrote:

From a friend who is former Navy.