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Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

NYC is so big that when some small disaster happens here we mostly hear about it from relatives that live out of state and see it on tv and then text us assuming we were nearby. Like no mom I didn't get squished by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man I was in a different borough

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

Computer science is applied math, a rigorous discipline. It's where you can prove that O(n×log n) grows slower than O(n²).

Software engineering is a behavioral discipline. It's driven by ill-defined business metrics ("bug", "customer value") and is full of beliefs about methodologies formed in the absence of any hope to measure these things precisely.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

This is the exact same mistake that gutted the Tories—you don't defeat fascists by pandering to them, you have to *oppose*. Only the media climate in the UK is inherently pro-fascist. Implement the findings of the Leveson Report and commission a sequel for social media (and a follow-up for LLM generated propaganda)!

Boosted by jwz:
mulegirl@sfba.social ("Erika") wrote:

Treat yourself.
https://www.mulebooks.com/store/gilly-amp-billy-enamel-pin-fpbpz-y2d7t

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space ("Lynnesbæn :bune_ylw:") wrote:

i don't know why people get confused about [confusing topic] so often. it's literally just [straightfoward rule], unless [extremely common condition], in which case you just [counterintuitive transformation] or [inexplicably different pattern] depending on [obscure property]. it's like [overused analogy] except [exception that makes the analogy useless].

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
hnrfineart@sfba.social ("Heather Robinson Fine Art") wrote:

Dang fortune cookie you didn't have to come at me so hard

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

i'm back on the statuslog grind! complete with a new ATProto lexicon and Bluesky crossposting (as well as status.lol and Mastodon crossposting)

https://status.lol/matt or @right.now.mmatt.net !

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

Looks like 21 injured so far, several critical, based on radio chatter. Ugh.

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

You are probably having a better day than the captain of that tall ship that lost a fight with the Brooklyn bridge just now.

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

@jwcph I said “likely illegal” because it’s likely illegal. It’s not *certainly* illegal, because we don’t actually know exactly how this crazy scheme is supposed to work. It’s probably legal for a foreign government to donate an airplane to the US. It’s probably not legal (under the emoluments clause) for a foreign government to donate a plane to the president. This deal seems deliberately structured to blur those lines. Will it successfully pass legal scrutiny? I don’t know. Neither do you.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ilumium@eupolicy.social ("Jan Penfrat") wrote:

For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.

One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.

https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3

#DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #EthicalTech

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
JaxVent@lgbtqia.space ("Jax UK") wrote:

I’m a 50 year old woman, but it doesn’t seem that long ago I was a very pretty teen girl becoming aware of the looks from older men.

Men looked at me until well into my 40’s, until I became invisible to them. I’m so glad I did! This isn’t about that.

Lately I’ve noticed men looking again. I don’t like it and never wanted it. I noticed because we do. Then I realised, they are not looking at me but my 14 year old daughter beside me.

I want to gouge out their eyes.

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

Gutsick Gibbon vs Jerry Bergman. You don't want to know what the odds are.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/17/its-gonna-be-a-slapstick-rout/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccuhdd6EOXs

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Eurovision is always a fun stress test for the fediverse. Across #esc, #Eurovision, #esc25, and #esc2025, over 15K posts have been been made today. For comparison, 863 posts have been made in another trending hashtag, #Caturday.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kims@mas.to ("Kim Scheinberg") wrote:

Terrible Maps created a map of the U.S. with the first letters of each state omitted

The results are more humorous (and in some cases apt) than one would expect, like Ouisiana now starting with the french word for 'yes'

I find the dig at Alabama to be in poor taste, but as someone who hails from Bruce's native state... hooray for Ew Jersey!

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#eurovision #Denmark doing RGB PC

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
derf@social.skyshaper.org wrote:

"keep it straight, guys – said noone ever at #eurovision"

Eeeeyup.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
guffo@topspicy.social ("I’m Tired And Everything Hurts") wrote:

These Skyrim mods have gone too far #Poland #Eurovision

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

"You're missing the forest for the trees", they say.

The forest is literally MADE OF TREES. If you care about forests, you probably shouldn't be belittling tree experts.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#Austria had two twists I did not expect.
#eurovision

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

“European Council President Antonio Costa says he is ‘shocked’ at the situation in Gaza, where Israel has launched an expanded offensive.

‘Shocked by the news from Gaza: starving civilians, hospitals hit again by strikes. The violence must stop!’ Costa says in a statement online.”

So how are the costumes this year at Eurovision? Any zany ones? How’s Israel’s?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog%5Fentry/european-council-president-shocked-at-israels-gaza-offensive/

#esc2025 #eurovision #eurovision2025 #genocide #israel #Palestine #Gaza #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Express undressing is the theme this year #eurovision

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

Watching: Stalker (1979) on Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/stalker-movie

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

Who doesn't want an app to see all park benches in your area?!

Attachments:

• gifv: 0ec881d0d6d0c40c.mp4

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Ukrainian song has a bloom effect like 2010 video games.
#eurovision

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

People who post detailed legal analysis get this a lot. "How can you post about legal niceties when the sky is falling??!!! Wake up!!!!!". Etc.

You might not find the legalities or technical detail useful. But others probably do.

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

If someone posts a detailed explanation for why a thing that the current administration is doing is foolish, or misguided, or illegal, or whatever, it is NOT reasonable to assume or infer that that person things the thing they posted about is the only, or the worst, or the most important, fault they find with the administration. They are much more likely simply providing an insight about a specific thing.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
TheComfortableSpotPodcast ("Ken M Sweeney") wrote:

#FuckIsreal
#Eurovision
#Eurovision2025
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes

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

@bitcodavid I'm sorry I didn't post about whatever thing you thought is more important than whatever I posted about. Fortunately, you can post things yourself, and don't need to rely on me to post things you find important.

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

Captured with a Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron lens (@ f/5.0) and the Phase One IQ4-150 back, shifted vertically by 12mm.

This is a straightforward, somewhat abstract, composition, emphasizing scale and lines. It converges out of sight below the foreground pier, suggesting an infinite roadway.

I shot this several times, day and night, and the nighttime image, in which the steelwork under the bridge is closer in brightness to the sky, was much more interesting. The cloudy night helps, too.