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

Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023.

More than a dozen pixels for every story in the naked city at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52841667763

#photography

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

Another issue is that if the plan is to then "re-donate" the AF1-modified plane to the Trump library, it would have to be "de-miled", with all the special (and mostly classified) features removed so it could be flown by uncleared, non-military pilots. That would also be enormously time consuming and expensive, not to mention phenomenally wasteful.

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deane@contenttechtodon.org ("Deane Barker") wrote:

This way of dividing a Markdown document into sections -- has anyone seen this syntax before? These aren't headings. Based on the output, the text delimited by this syntax is extracted and output in different places in a template.

jwz wrote:

This is the first time a photo of me has appeared on a flyer: https://mastodon.social/@hubba%5Fhubba%5Frevue/114524419221643575

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

So in other words, this whole scheme

- is likely illegal, and certainly unseemly, given the plane is a gift from a foreign government.

- would be extremely expensive for the taxpayers

- probably won't actually accomplish what Trump wants.

jwz wrote:

@mattblaze If he wants to fly around in an insecure plane, I think we're in a "never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake" situation.

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

Drink special @ WHY 2K: Bobby Brainworm's Swim Team -- Tito's vodka, starry, blue curaçao, splash of pineapple

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• gifv: bd8102d16863534c.mp4

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

"Modifying" a 747 to make it part of the Air Force One fleet is likely harder than building it from scratch. The chances that this could be done during the Trump presidency (assuming it ends after a 2028 election) seem very slim, at least without compromising the requirements.

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

Trump seems to think that turning an existing production 747-800 into an AF1 plane is simply a matter of changing the seating layout and the paint scheme.

The AF1 747s are built with vastly different communications and avionics so they can serve as secure flying command posts during emergencies. They can be refueled in mid-air (a tanker plane follows it around when the president is on board, just in case).

They're also used in pairs, with the other plane on standby at a nearby airport.

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Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

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jackcole@mstdn.social wrote:

On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Today's mission: check maps for local streets long enough to have 8647 as an address. The SS must investigate the threat!

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SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

Pssttt... 8647

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

Crucial Cover for May 17: In Bloom by Sturgill Simpson

https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/neatnik/20250517

#CrucialTracks #Cover #Music

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mcornick@social.lol ("Mark (N3MSC)") wrote:

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benlockwood@ecoevo.social ("Ben Lockwood, PhD") wrote:

Give the people what they want

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wq@vim.wtf ("John Wq :us_distress:") wrote:

@adam Congrigigigulations

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

A SEGA keyboard? Take my money.

From: @keyboards
https://mastodon.social/@keyboards/114523531201941887

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

Meet AlphaEvolve, the Google AI that writes its own code—and just saved millions in computing costs:

"It represents a major leap in AI’s ability to develop sophisticated algorithms for both scientific challenges and everyday computing problems."

At what point is it easier to just link to the press release? Tech blogs will read whatever these companies put in front of them without a once of critical thinking. No one ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/17/meet-alphaevolve-the-google-ai.html

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

Well heck yeah.

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berto@floss.social ("Berto Garcia") wrote:

O próximo día 29 de Maio na Coruña tendes a oportunidade de coñecer en persoa varios membros do TC39, o comité que define a linguaxe de programación Javascript

Máis información aquí: https://www.meetup.com/gpul-labs/events/307842803/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Typically not a fan of the "Minecraft" part of "Blood on the Clocktower in Minecraft" but this game was very funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FEGJi3wg0bE

#BloodOnTheClocktower #Yogscast #NoRollsBarred

jwz wrote:

If this retro shit has to keep happening can it at least be a little less Miller and a little more Morrison? Please I beg of you.

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solonovamax@tech.lgbt wrote:

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broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca ("Broadwaybabyto") wrote:

“Wellness” is eugenics adjacent. It’s always been about hiding or eliminating the disabled and chronically ill, not about actually helping them.

If you’re sick? It’s your fault. You didn’t try hard enough to get better. You didn’t eat the right foods, take the right potions or exercise enough.

Wellness “influencers” are exceedingly dangerous to disabled and chronically ill people, because they push the idea that we could get better if we ‘really wanted to’.

So why are we making one the US Surgeon General? And what does it mean for those of us living with chronic illness?

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/why-the-new-surgeon-general-pick

#uspoli #caseymeans #rfkjr #fascism #healthsupremacy #wellness #ableism #eugenics #chronicillness #disability

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davidho.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("David Ho") wrote:

When you’ve grown too big to walk through the fence, but don’t have wings to fly yet…

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• gifv: Gosling silliness

jwz wrote:

So apparently we're getting a "Holistic Wellness Influencer" for Surgeon General. And I am once again begging this administration to stop reminding me of mediocre Frank Miller comics from the early 90s:
https://jwz.org/b/ykn%5F

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JoshJers@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Josh Jersild") wrote:

one fun* thing about needing a job as a programmer at this exact moment is that it feels like literally half the jobs are "We're a fast-moving team that want you to come help us build the next Coal-Powered Plagiarism Torment Nexus"

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Daveography@yeg.bike ("Daveography 🇨🇦 :magpie:") wrote:

Inside every QA tester there are:

- Two wolves
- One wolf
- Zero wolves
- 0.5 wolves
- 2,147,483,648 wolves
- -2 wolves
- Beer wolves
- Two coyotes
- 🐺🐺
- Два волка
- '); DROP TABLE WOLVES;--
- alert('Awooooo')

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

someone just asked me for data recovery help for a server drive that failed. turns out their chatgpt-generated backup script missed something important.

seems like they now have to spend several thousands of currency on professional data recovery services. i'm sure that's way worth the few minutes they saved by asking chatgpt for a backup script instead of just writing the thing themselves. 🤷