Mastodon Feed: Posts

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:

Democratic Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Says Trump White House Lying About Mayor Ras Baraka’s Arrest

https://www.thedailybeast.com/democratic-congresswoman-bonnie-watson-coleman-says-trump-white-house-lying-about-mayor-ras-barakas-arrest/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catspammer ("cat spammer") wrote:

Norwegian Forest Cat

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
fireborn@dragonscave.space ("aaron") wrote:

QEMU is one of those pieces of software where, on the surface, it looks amazing. It emulates everything. It supports every architecture. You can boot a whole-ass operating system inside a YAML file on a toaster if you want.
But the moment you try to actually use it, it becomes immediately clear that QEMU was not written so much as it emerged, fully formed, from the darkest, deepest corner of an obsolete instruction set manual written in blood and Hungarian notation.
You want to do something simple like “boot an ISO”? Ha. Buckle the fuck up. You're about to write a command line 300 characters long, full of flags that mean nothing, do everything, or secretly contradict each other depending on the phase of the moon.
-enable-kvm -cpu host -smp 4 -m 4096 -nic user -device e1000 -drive file=wtf.img,format=raw,if=virtio,index=0 -boot d -cdrom arch.iso -vga std
That’s just the beginner tier. You want UEFI? You better find the exact OVMF blob hidden deep in some /usr/share/qemu/edk2/OVMF.fd directory that varies per distro and isn’t documented anywhere. Want secure boot? Fuck you. You’re on your own.
Need sound? No you don’t. QEMU’s audio stack is a cryptic abomination wrapped around ancient ALSA, PulseAudio, and maybe JACK if you invoke it while holding a sacrificial chicken. Half the time you get silence, the other half you get full-volume digital screaming because your sample rate was wrong by 1Hz and QEMU doesn't clamp that shit.
Want networking? Okay, now you’re really in trouble. Because QEMU supports ten different networking models and none of them are sane. There’s -nic user, which works but can’t access your LAN. There’s -netdev bridge, which requires root, two shell scripts, and a master's degree in Linux networking internals. And then there's -net tap, which may or may not work depending on what libvirt decided to vomit into /etc/qemu/bridge.conf three years ago.
You want USB passthrough? Cool. Here's how you do it:
1.
Run lsusb
2.
Pray
3.
Try -device usb-host,hostbus=3,hostport=2
4.
Watch the guest kernel panic
5.
Cry
And the documentation? HA. It’s not documentation—it’s a vague whisper of meaning. The man pages are 1,200 lines long and still manage to explain nothing. “Use -device” they say. What devices? What does virtio-scsi-pci mean? What is a ich9-usb-ehci1? No one knows. They’re not listed. They’re not described. The only way to find them is to run qemu-system-x86_64 -device help and scroll through pages of raw output, most of which are undocumented internal components that will cause instant death if you use them wrong.
QEMU is not a virtual machine manager. QEMU is a puzzle box built by cursed engineers, and your prize for solving it is maybe, maybe, getting a VM to boot without errors in the logs. Not cleanly. Not efficiently. Just... booted. That’s your win condition.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club ("azteclady") wrote:

Via WIRED's Aidan Moher: "Please, for the love of god, don’t start your new newsletter on Substack. There are so many better and cheaper alternatives who don’t run a business model of platforming the worst among us.

You can get a self-hosted Ghost newsletter up and running for <$10/month."

#SubstackHasANaziProblem #Substack #Ghost

ETA: linking to the original guide by Molly White (h/t Femme Malhereuse for the link)

https://www.citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

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

The pinkest I’ve seen in a while.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
markwyner@mas.to ("Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:") wrote:

To all of the republicans who voted for a lying, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, rapist so they could lower their food bill: fuck you.

Last month we paid $52.99 for our dog food.

This month it costs $97.99.

#Economy #Tariffs #RepublicanVotersAreMorons

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
gabz@social.lol ("gabz :verified_pill_bottle2:") wrote:

🤣

Attachments:

• video: 952bf8c5ad27e9ff.mp4

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bulbagarden ("Bulbagarden") wrote:

Japanese manufacturer h concept releases new Ditto-shaped mold https://bulbagarden.net/threads/japanese-manufacturer-h-concept-releases-new-ditto-shaped-mold.306774/ #pokémon

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jjcelery@mastodon.ie ("JJ Celery") wrote:

*chuckles* 😂

(this is a layer 3 meme, I won't be providing an explanation)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: Take care, Turnip-head.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

All cops are bastards.

Trying an MLK style "reformist" approach now is about as useful as cleaning up an asbestos infestation by getting all your friends to huff the fumes up with your own lungs and zero PPE.

We're at the phase with police killings where we've got stage 4 cancer and people are certain the problem is that we just need to inhale a little bit more asbestos.

#ACAB

Boosted by jwz:
PaulWermer@sfba.social ("Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0") wrote:

Observing how the Waymo's behave in urban traffic, it strikes me that 3 or 4 creative cyclists could easily herd one of them. I wonder if any one has considered organizing Waymo Herding competitions (sort of like sheepdog trials, only with AVs and cyclists).

And of course bonus points if you gather more than to AVs together through a specific intersection.

@SafeStreetRebel ? #Biketooter

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
alex@godforsaken.website ("alex :disabled_knife:") wrote:

spent all day trying to find this song, which played on tiffany calver last night but didn't show up on the 1xtra website! production is :1000: on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHxzKIbwjgQ

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Billionaires are the Parasite Class"
Sticker spotted in Mobile, Alabama

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

Love this.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
minouette@spore.social ("Ele Willoughby, PhD") wrote:

Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), a trailblazer for women in #astronomy who discovered that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe.⁠
⁠
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College at Cambridge in 1919 where she heard a lecture which changed her life. She wrote, “My world had been so shaken that I experienced something very like a nervous breakdown.”🧵
⁠
#linocut #physics #sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #mastoArt #astronomy

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
requiem@masto.hackers.town ("requiem 🦫") wrote:

OK so I just got my vinyl copy of @inversephase ‘s Pretty Eight Machine and it’s not only great to listen to, but beautiful to behold!

https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine-se

Its so good that it’s inspired me to focus more energy on my own work on 8-bit micros.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lmorchard@masto.hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:

Rude: The Story of How Someone Knocked on the Front Door at My House

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
goofpunk@critters.gay wrote:

I now have snorlax.website redirecting to my website ​:eggbug_smile_hearts:​

Boosted by jwz:
regehr ("John Regehr") wrote:

these are my two favorite graphs

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Danni@purplepenguin.lol ("🐧Danni :unverified:") wrote:

Today was a great day. After working on sitting up and sensory tolerance for the last few months, I finally felt well enough to go out in my wheelchair! @izzy took me to a green area near where we live, and then as I was still feeling good she took me into Gateshead to look around Big Tesco. Bought ribbons, plastic cutlery, chewing gum and a blue cardigan (I was cold but it's going to be Izzy's).

To save Izzy's weak girl legs we got the bus back up the hill and apart from not fitting on the first one (the wheelchair bay was too small for my chair) I did fine on the second bus, which hasn't been the case in many years. Motion sickness has definitely improved!

I spent some time in the living room before getting back into bed, mostly because my bum was sore. According to my heartrate monitor, the only time it went higher than my normal was when I was being hoisted, which fits with how I felt. How I recover will determine when I can go on my next adventure, but I'll be living off the memories of today for a while 😊

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

https://tariffsarebullshit.com/

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

"The Port of Long Beach is seeing a 35-40% drop compared to normal cargo volume. The Port of Los Angeles had a 31% drop in volume this week, and the Port of New York and Jersey says it’s also bracing for a slowdown. On Wednesday, the Port of Seattle said it had zero container ships in the port, another anomaly that hasn’t happened since the pandemic." https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/business/zero-ships-china-trade-ports-pandemic

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
linuxgal@techhub.social ("🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭") wrote:

#MAGA

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

Objectively I have nothing against bees but I wish they were less fascinated by open-air cocktail bars than they seem to be

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

Pick one.

Boosted by jwz:
weaponisedapathy ("punk rock stepdad") wrote:

Obligatory Star Wars day post
@RadicalGraffiti

Boosted by jwz:
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

Lots of people have commented on the portrait on the wall of the Hog's Hedge over the past few years. He's Lord Admiral Hogratio Quillson. When I was redecorating the feeders @PhineasX offered to contribute some art to the project, and I *love* him. He's my favourite thing about it.

Not just a great artist of naval ancestral hedgehogs, @PhineasX has lots of other art, prints etc you can look at on https://octophant.us/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
hl@social.lol ("Henry") wrote:

More Love Letters, Please @stickerspotter

#sticker #post

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

It's always so jarring to hear a European talk about race because they sound like an American from the 90s talking about race and you wonder if maybe you fell into a time hole