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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

Greetings and good morning fellow web scrapers

"We have reports that DOGE has tried to enter the copyright office."

Open call for anyone who can scrape the copyright office's database.
This is the official access point: https://cocatalog.loc.gov/
And this is an experimental new entrypoint that looks to be a bit more enumerable: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/

catch it on the hop! Put it on https://sciop.net

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

It looks we're going to get more normalization of the awesome coolness of spiders.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/12/id-spider-watch-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qB7-MnvyY

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
reillypascal.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)") wrote:

"So, I wonder, how can we have this new decentralized Internet if all the infrastructure required to run it is owned by just four companies?"www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/t... #Web #Internet #Fediverse #Monopoly #Bluesky

The Computational Web

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

The Computational Web is Web 3.0. Thinking of taking another stab at this and writing a longer essay.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-computational-web/

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

You Are Now Remotely Controlled - The New York Times (2020):

"The confidential report offers rare insight into the heart of Facebook’s computational factory, where a “prediction engine” runs on a machine intelligence platform that “ingests trillions of data points every day, trains thousands of models” and then “deploys them to the server fleet for live predictions.” Facebook notes that its “prediction service” ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/12/you-are-now-remotely-controlled.html

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dca5tgNMyos

Boosted by jwz:
bruces ("Bruce Sterling @bruces") wrote:

*Well, that's fun

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

✍️ Slighty edited/updated version of an older illustration I did. #illustration #drawing #MastoArt #art #artwork

Boosted by jwz:
Jorsh@beige.party ("Jordi (Flopsome Opossum)") wrote:

Being an ICE agent is a choice. Your aren't born that way. It's unnatural. It's an affront to God.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rationaldoge@hachyderm.io ("Bruce MacDonald") wrote:

In Minnesota, all but seven of the state’s 87 counties were under the red flag warning, the term used for high alert for wildfires, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

“Fire danger is extreme across the state due to hot, dry, and windy conditions,” the agency wrote on social media. “This is a dangerous time for wildfires.”

On Sunday, the temperature in the Twin Cities reached 90 degrees, breaking the previous record of 88 degrees that had been set in 1900. The heat was expected to continue at least through Wednesday, the Weather Service said.

The conditions had already wrought havoc near Brimson, Minn., an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the state. There, the Camp House fire had consumed at least 750 acres since Sunday, the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/wildfires-midwest-heat.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

We have a CI job to spot unwanted utf8 letters in #curl PRs as we have noticed that GitHub will gladly show the for example (identical) Cyrillic version of a letter next to the Latin version in a diff and it is yes, entirely impossible for a human to spot the diff. I mean the diff is shown, but the significance of it is not.

Changing just a single letter like that in a URL hostname opens up for a world of grief.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

The FCC should firmly reject broadcasters' invitation to lock down our publicly owned airwaves. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/fcc-must-reject-broadcast-drm

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

these folks put their lives on the line working for us, and now we would abandon them to death sentences. this dishonorable behavior will stain our country forever.

https://journa.host/@w7voa/114496831195369388

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

DHS revoking temporary protections for the 11,000 Afghans in the US with this status. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/12/dhs-terminating-temporary-protected-status-afghanistan

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

To describe Trump's actions as “potential conflicts of interest” misses the point. A “potential conflict of interest” sounds like an unfortunate situation in which it’s possible that Trump might choose his own personal interest over the nation’s. Stated this way, the problem is the conflict.

But Trump isn’t conflicted. He repeatedly chooses his (and his family’s) interests over the nation’s. He is using the authority and trappings of the presidency of the United States…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them
"We acknowledge that notifying users after the deactivation was a poor experience ..."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpn-firm-says-it-didnt-know-customers-had-lifetime-subscriptions-cancels-them/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ Just announced: Fri Nov 7, 7pm: GOBLIN LEGACY
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/11-07.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #goblinlegacy #nest #horrorsoundtrack #progrock #hardcore #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• gifv: 976b2b451093338a.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
LukeBornheimer@sfba.social ("Luke Bornheimer") wrote:

If you want it to be safer and faster to walk, bike, and take public transit in San Francisco, sign up to get updates from @StreetsForward at https://StreetsForward.org then get more involved by going to https://StreetsForward.org/get-involved.

Together, we will transform San Francisco's streets!

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

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo hit with government lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers: ‘Falsely promoting and distributing’

"The complaint says Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have misled consumers about the recyclability of their plastic bottles, placing the responsibility for the plastic-waste crisis on the latter’s shoulders — while quietly lobbying to weaken environmental protections and regulations worldwide."

Ever notice ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/12/cocacola-and-pepsico-hit-with.html

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Last week, the USENIX association announced that they are discontinuing their flagship conference, USENIX ATC:

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

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I are going to talk about the demise of ATC. Come for the discussion on the intersection of academia with the practitioner; stay for the retelling of awkward encounters with Unix pioneers.

Join us today ,and bring your own memories of ATC! 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1371556074796220426

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein Death Guild gets some love
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/05/12.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

that sound you hear: Benjamin Franklin and his French snuffbox, both spinning

https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/axios-1ijujvslz/-/a-zMo25ApCTnupGGxU4RA7Pg%3Aa%3A2150299410-%2F0

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wchr ("Wolfie Christl") wrote:

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), a firm owned by 9 airlines from US, Canada, Germany, France that acts as an aviation industry clearinghouse and processes data on 12 billion passenger flights per year ("54 percent of all flights taken globally"), is selling to ICE:
https://www.levernews.com/airlines-are-collecting-your-data-and-selling-it-to-ice/

Put differently, a firm co-owned by EU airlines like Lufthansa and Air France is selling massive personal data to US government agencies.

Article republished without paywall here:
https://jacobin.com/2025/05/airlines-data-ice-trump-immigration

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

The CFTC has dropped its appeal, ending a case against the Kalshi (non-crypto-based) prediction markets platform over its election betting markets. Donald Trump Jr. joined Kalshi as an adviser in January.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:

Weightlifting has taught me a lot about life.

The biggest lesson is that the biggest achievements are from small but consistent incremental improvements.

No one gets strong from lifting the biggest weight possible just once then calling it a day.

You want improvement? Build a habit. Repetition is key. When you’re ready, increase your allowable weight.

Eventually you’ll do what you thought wasn’t possible.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mookie@wantstoruletheworld.com ("steve mookie kong") wrote:

Some maybe too young to understand this one.

#cassette #tape #medical

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

“The Episcopal Church … is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration.”

https://religionnews.com/2025/05/12/episcopal-church-ends-refugee-resettlement-citing-moral-opposition-to-resettling-white-afrikaners/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:

"Spare a thought for the small bus owners who'd to beg & borrow to pay a $145,000 tax on that $100K shp of product that happened to arrive while the most extreme CN tariff was in place, only to see their pres back down with 0 Chinese concessions.

Could have been worse -it's good Trump is caving again. Now?🚨Aggregate #tariffs on CN stay ~55%. CN could repkg some promises on fentanyl to get that down a bit more but not by much. We seem stuck with a 10% tariff/tax on all foreign imports."

#USPol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Newsletter: Three major crypto schemes in a single week underscore how aggressively Trump is leveraging the presidency for illegal personal gain. This blatant corruption has sparked Democratic outcry, blockage of a crypto bill, and a Senate PSI inquiry.

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-83/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol