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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nadine@social.lol ("New Moon Nadine") wrote:

Hi all! I had an overwhelmingly awesome response to my #introduction post, thank you for the warm welcomes and for sharing your #blog s with me.

My journey is just beginning on Fediverse, still learning a lot of the ropes. Sorry I can't get back to everyone who responded!

There must be lots of #game rs and #stream ers here right?

I've been thinking of streaming my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 on #Twitch . Anyone still frequent streams these days?

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

👋 Closing down micro.blog. You can find me at www.anniemueller.com and/or @annie

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

A neutral stance is for weightlifting, not for human rights “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite... https://anniemueller.com/posts/a-neutral-stance-is-for-weightlifting-not-for-human-rights

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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

RIP USENIX ATC https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/05/11/rip-usenix-atc/

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ocean@raru.re ("oshy") wrote:

You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose

The recent court documents showed that Google's internal testing demonstrated that significantly worse search results would not harm their business operations. This apparent immunity to quality concerns stems from the company's dominant market position, which the recent federal court ruling addressed. "Since Google doesn't have any real competition, it can make the best information hard to find, forcing users to stay on Google for longer and interact with more ads," Papadimitriou said. "This is dangerous for consumers, most of whom think the best results appear first." The strategy appears to be working from a business perspective. The study suggests that poor organic search results actually benefit Google's bottom line in two ways: they make paid advertisements more valuable to users seeking accurate information, and they force users to refine their searches multiple times, exposing them to more advertising in the process.

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So this actually subverted some of my expectation, I do recommend spending five minutes to read through it!

P.S. Gilgamesh!

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Okay… This is my fourth attempt today to read through this article about our shortening attention span. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/11/given-up-on-reading-elif-shafak-on-why-we-still-need-novels

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Starry sky petunias

#wallpaper #darktable

A detail of several petunia flowers. They're mostly purple, but have white spots scattered over, which reminds of a starry night sky.

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

This is an outrage

From: @fromjason
https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/114485601719028749

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

Just by analyzing her body of work, any reasonable person would conclude that Sheryl Sandberg is a monster. But reading first-hand accounts of her treatment of others really brings it to a whole new level.

Good book. Might do a full review. #Fediverse #SocialWeb #IndieWeb

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Careless People A CAUTIONARY TALE OF POWER, GREED, AND LOST IDEALISM A MEMOIR Sarah Wynn- Williams

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

But where will we put them all?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/11/ambitions/

seedlings

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

#SilentSunday

Eastern Box Turtle

#turtles #nature

Eastern Box Turtle on the ground surrounded by small twigs, bits of green and brown leaves. Shell of geometric black shapes with spots of orange. Leg and face also black with orange spots. Red eye stands out from the rest of the face.

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denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

update: I missed the train. not because it was cancelled or delayed or anything, though, I just... got the station too late. I Deutsche Bahn'ed myself. Nice.

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Boosted by jwz:
MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Happy Mothra’s Day

Mothra and Godzilla

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deanpreston@sfba.social ("Dean Preston") wrote:

In just three months under Mayor Daniel Lurie’s leadership, San Francisco has seen a 50% spike in overdose deaths, with 192 lives lost in early 2025 alone. That’s nearly two people dying daily from preventable causes. We’re seeing too much of the same failed War on Drugs and governing by press release that we saw with the last administration..
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https://www.deanprestonsf.com/blog/overdose-deaths


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Boosted by jwz:
joe@f.duriansoftware.com ("Joe Groff") wrote:

Greenspun’s tenth rule, “Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp”, would later be adapted into a popular song, “Boulevard of Broken Schemes”

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gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

In a sane world, the government would be trumpeting this triumph of medical science—a great victory for public health.

But we live in Trump world now, so we won't be able to get the Moderna Covid+flu vaccine this year. People will get sick needlessly, and people will die.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/modernas-combo-covid-flu-mrna-shot-outperforms-current-vaccines-large-rcna205242

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

More climate scientists discarded.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/11/there-will-be-nothing-left-after-the-billionaires-are-done-with-us/

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

Every Republican sycophant who fears the next election is going to support suspending habeas corpus and elections for the duration of the "emergency", which will never end.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/11/two-signs-of-the-end-of-democracy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6skuCiLCjRA

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Boosted by jwz:
alcinnz@floss.social wrote:

Do you approve of the state of the software industry?

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Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
will@ruby.social ("Will") wrote:

a screenshot of a post saying "Introducing VibeCon - The world’s largest vibe coding conference. Make sure you register today : http://127.0.0.1:8080/register"

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Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
webology ("Jeff Triplett") wrote:

🤷‍♂️ I miss Visual Basic

https://micro.webology.dev/2025/05/11/i-miss-visual-basic/

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're on a Earthy looking planet with greenery & tropical plants and a foggy haze behind our characters. Probably quite humid and moist. Centered is Riker, freshly shorn, with Data to his right and Tasha Yar an extra step behind on his left. She looks concerned, Data is pulling a reading on his tricorder, and Riker has his foot propped and his knee up in the classic Riker stance. Closed caption reads, "Your mother."

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

I love this new era of social media where in someone rolls up in your comments clearly want to start an argument or just plain be a dick, we immediately exile them with "hide comment for everyone" and then block or restrict them, it's so much nicer than having to tolerate a chud dropping a turd in the punchbowl and then demanding everyone have a cup of what they're serving up

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

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-gavin-kliger-stock

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
kfh@chaos.social ("Karl Fredrik 🦊") wrote:

@Natasha_Jay Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) actually has a propane-powered waffle iron made from two manhole covers, which they bring to events

A man wearing red high-vis road worker jacket and pants is holding the mentioned waffle iron open. He's holding a handle that's been welded to a manhole cover, which is hinged into a base on the other side. The base is a big yellow box with a logo and a blackish top. On the top of the base is another manhole cover -- the bottom plate of the iron. A finished waffle taking up almost the entire area of the manhole cover is presented on top of the bottom plate.

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

In another world he might have been that color.

#Plushtodon

A stuffed Mastodon toy peeking at a blue cocktail from behind the cafe table, with the sea in the background.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Lacci@disabled.social wrote:

This is really important advice, especially for anyone dealing with mental health struggles or a chronic illness.

A screenshot showing a blue sky post @sarahkelly.bsky.social posted reading: "Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed."

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

Totally normal non-autocrat non-corrupt behavior:

Trump is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift for use by Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.

It's almost like the emoluments clause doesn't even exist. If a half BILLION dollar plane isn't a "gift" then words don't have meanings anymore. smh

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

I think your ex understood you the right amount

A social media post from “The ChatGPT Compass” with the handle @chatgptcompass. The text reads: “I MADE CHATGPT THINK LIKE A PSYCHOLOGIST. NOW IT UNDERSTANDS ME BETTER THAN MY EX. COPY THESE 6 PROMPTS:”