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jwz wrote:

Deep cuts
https://jwz.org/b/ykn1

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

This is an image that works best at the highest resolution. The Rodenstock 138mm lens has extraordinary edge-to-edge sharpness and a general lack of distortion that makes it especially well suited to wide stitched panoramas like this one.

The effect is sort like Where's Waldo; the whole is shown mainly to invite you into the details.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 138mm/6.5 HR Digaron-SW lens (@ f/7.1), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50, 1/125 sec), Cambo WRS 1250 camera. Stitched panorama of two images, shifted left and right +/- about 18mm.

This view reminded me of Malvina Reynolds's famous 1962 song (though she was inspired by nearby Daly City). If you look closely, the houses don't quite "all look just the same", but somehow, viewed on the hillside, there's more uniformity than there is up close.

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

Little Boxes, University Mound, San Francisco, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, made of ticky-tacky, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54062971395

#photography

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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

More and more I realize that this perp walk wasn't a demonstration of strength, it was an act of fear.

From: @shansterable
https://ohai.social/@shansterable/114518694944896644

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

Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly trial - Ars Technica:

"Further, Meta argued that the FTC did not show evidence that users sharing friends-and-family content were shown more ads. Meta noted that it “does not profit by showing more ads to users who do not click on them,” so it only shows more ads to users who click ads."

Lmao what. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-says-no-proof-of-monopoly-power-wants-ftc-case-dismissed-mid-trial/

jwz wrote:

https://jwz.org/b/yknz

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gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

One of the things Americans fail to understand, because nobody tells them and politicians don't want them to know, is that the government can spend $10k on someone or something now (e.g., UBI, healthcare) and save itself hundreds of thousands in the future -- or even "profit" in the sense of higher productivity and tax revenues.

Instead, we live in a country that insists on spending $150 million on cops to prevent $104,000 in lost subway fares.

jwz wrote:

College student asks for her tuition fees back after catching her professor using ChatGPT.

Northeastern in the bag for the Bullshit Fountain: Ella Stapleton grew suspicious of her business professor's lecture notes when she spotted telltale signs of...
https://jwz.org/b/yknx

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

Microsoft: No evidence Israeli military used its technology to harm civilians, reviews find – GeekWire:

"The company acknowledged limits as to what it could verify, citing a lack of visibility into how its technology is used on private servers, and systems outside its cloud."

My “not involved in killing civilians” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/16/microsoft-no-evidence-israeli-military.html

jwz wrote:

Jeff Bezos makes his most ghoulish deal yet.

How long after a sovereign ruler of a repressive state murders one of your columnists should you make a deal with him? The answer, it turns out, is a little over six years. In October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi,...
https://jwz.org/b/yknv

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brian_greenberg@infosec.exchange ("Brian Greenberg :verified:") wrote:

⚖️ Montana just became the first U.S. state to ban law enforcement from purchasing personal data from brokers — and it’s a privacy milestone 🚫📱

Under this new law:
📍 Government agencies can’t buy sensitive data (location, biometrics, etc.) without a warrant
🔍 It closes a major loophole used to sidestep Fourth Amendment protections
📄 Agencies also can’t require people to waive rights through service terms
🧱 It sets a precedent for digital due process in a data-saturated world

This isn’t just a state law. It’s a model for what digital civil liberties legislation should look like nationwide.

#Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalRights #DataBrokers #CyberLaw #security #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole

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

I am staying out of the way of @CARROT today

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• video: c1a6b0c4adf82c19.mp4

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

insane

https://apnews.com/article/el-chapo-sinaloa-cartel-trump-border-harfuch-86572a31c88a216da7cd5f33006a0011

jwz wrote:

Happy to be serving AI bots such URLs as:

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peached/supprised/all/so/a/onecomplete/connection/affleurant/

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

a woman’s body is just a vessel:

“Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban”

https://apnews.com/article/pregnant-woman-brain-dead-abortion-ban-georgia-a85a5906e5b2c4889525f2300c441745

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webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:

We have an initial plan for talks and breakout sessions at the Web Engines Hackfest 2025: https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshackfest/wiki#scheduling
• Monday: 9 talks and the W3C Web Apps WG F2F
• Tuesday & Wednesday: 23 breakout sessions in 3 parallel tracks
There might be still small changes, but it gives a good overall picture.

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sinituulia@eldritch.cafe ("Sini Tuulia") wrote:

Oh yeah, there's this project to record previously unrecorded music from the 1890s to 1920s! 🎶

"Before the 1920s, the measure of a song's success was based on Sheet Music sales rather than Record sales. The recording industry was still in its infancy, and because so many Americans owned pianos it was more common for people to experience new songs by purchasing Sheet Music and playing through them themselves rather than purchasing a recording."

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-an-album-of-unrecorded-historical-songs

#Histodons #Music #History

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Viss wrote:

we are ready and waiting to help folks decloud.

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

approaching 1000 “followers” for the first time since abandoning what used to be Twitter several years ago

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concretedog wrote:

Something for the weekend? I'm super pleased to have just blogged with the 1st issue of #SOURCE. SOURCE is an idea for where to place articles I'd like to write but that are to difficult for my brilliant paid clients to home. SOURCE is opensource, free (pay as you feel) and I'd LOVE it if you shared my first experimental issue on Computational Fluid Dynamics with @FreeCAD that's on this blog. Ta.
#opensource #FreeCAD #newsletter #decentralise
https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/05/source-issue-1-out-now-computational.html

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gnomon ("Ben Zanin") wrote:

The Great Octopus just released their new album "May The Sea Vanquish These Evil Men", https://thegreatoctopus.bandcamp.com/album/may-the-sea-vanquish-these-evil-men

I have not listened to it yet but I'm about to. The Great Octopus makes gritty low-fi music very inspired by the sounds of horror movies from the 70s and 80s; I feel like the #monsterdon crew might enjoy it.

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Stoori@polyglot.city ("Veera Valkong") wrote:

A robot may not reduce a shareholder's net worth or, through inaction, allow a shareholder to lose money.

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cygnoir@social.lol wrote:

What an endorsement! If you are mildly interested in any of these things, and *very* interested in connecting in real time with friendly people who like to share enjoyment, this is a place for you. Join us!
https://social.coop/@hollie/114504532911194270

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hollie@social.coop ("Hollie") wrote:

I can verify this group is a lot of fun! If you love fountain pens, pocket memo books, notebooks or analog note-taking, planners, Hobonichis, or typewriters, come join us! :)

(I've even successfully squeezed in art journaling a couple times....)

@cygnoir @jessekelber

https://social.lol/@cygnoir/114504491818706569

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

It is WILD that a healthcare company's stock is plummeting because Wall Street is unsure whether or not the company can kill enough sick people to meet quarterly projections.

From: @tayfonay
https://beige.party/@tayfonay/114518312567176477

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makdaam@chaos.social ("Leszek") wrote:

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lespreuh ("Lëspreüh") wrote:

Week-end 🐭

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

Wait a minute I thought MLK was a centrist

From: @breadandcircuses
https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/114517757082274194