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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
trc@social.coop ("Tyng-Ruey Chuang") wrote:

This is so very cool!

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"lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to" ... steaming live from @internetarchive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPg2V5RVh7U

> Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time.

> This is the Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization livestream—part of our effort to build Democracy’s Library by preserving government documents and making them free for everyone.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

View transitions are mind-blowing. The absolute trivial amount of JavaScript it takes to make this shuffling effect work is astounding.

I mean, I actually spend more lines *changing the background color* than I do moving elements around! 🤯

https://codepen.io/collinsworth/pen/yyymVgq

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

Firefox 128 ESR. The last, best, final version of Firefox. Let's just fork Firefox at 128 and never upgrade, no spyware, no fucked up IP-assignment EULA, no AI, no slithering snakepit tab bar. No more features. Features are over. The software industry can no longer be trusted with features

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mbessey@sfba.social ("Mark Bessey") wrote:

What is the p-Machine, and why is it like that?

Before we can go into greater detail about what the code in our example (and other programs) actually does, we're going to need a little background on what the p-Machine architecture is, and why it has some of the features that it has...

http://markbessey.blog/2025/05/20/ucsd-pascal-in-depth-the-p-machine/

#retrocomputing #software #psystem #pascal

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
SnowshadowII@beige.party ("SnowshadowII :maple:") wrote:

👍 Good People Doing Good Deeds 🥰

Today, it’s home to more than 40,000 books.

Thousands of books were destined for the landfill. These Turkish garbage collectors rescued them and built a public library instead

#GoodNews #Books #Library

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/turkey-garbage-collectors-public-library

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SailorDisco ("David 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️NB he/they") wrote:

@fromjason 13 since 2020, not counting one person who died in a car accident. Almost 3 a year.

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

It shouldn’t take a generative AI revolution for people to realize just how special real things are, but maybe that’s exactly what we need.

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

I’m not big on tech predictions, but here’s one: in the not-so-distant future, there will be a premium on real things. People will seek out and pay for real things made by real people.

When every piece of content on every free tier of every platform is more likely to have been made by a machine than a person, real things will become scarce and therefore more valuable.

https://xcancel.com/jen%5Fw1n/status/1924914469265649795

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

Biden’s Age Wasn’t a Cover-Up. It Was Observable Fact. - The Atlantic:

"The overriding objective of any White House is to make the principal look as good as possible. This is done through basic flackery, gobbledygook, selective disclosure, and rampant omission. We should not expect aides or congressional allies to run out and announce to the nation that the president—any president—seemed really out to lunch at his ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/21/bidens-age-wasnt-a-coverup.html

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

Something new in downtown Morris. I'm not sure how to react.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/21/boots/

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

Crucial Cover for May 21: Hey Ya by Obadiah Parker

https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/neatnik/20250521

Obadiah Parker took an amazing song and turned it into something amazing in a different way. Slower, more elegant, more emotional. For years, the only way to listen to this was on YouTube, where his live recording went up 16 years ago. I watched it often.

#CrucialTracks #Cover #Music

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

Democrats are two Skeksis saying "mmmmm" to each other while our country burns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkKuL12FCA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au ("AJ Sadauskas") wrote:

@korreckj328 @backupbear The abyss was supposed to be an innovative new start-up that was going to completely disrupt the void!

In fact, it was supposed to be the Uber of voids!

Just pull out your phone, open the app, and within 15 minutes, a bottomless pit would open up at your house. Perfect for screaming, or sharing, or just casting things into!

They even promised us an internet of abysses!

I mean sure, the pay for the gig economy workers who made the voids happen was problematic. But at least it worked.

Unfortunately, they've enshittified the hell out of their app—literally!

Now you need to pay $10 per month or more on a subscription plan. Otherwise, you just get endless ads and a shovel.

Frankly, with all the AI crap that now comes pre-installed in each abyss, it's gotten to the point I'm now seriously looking into self-hosted open-sourced abyss alternatives. (There's apparently one hidden in Emacs somewhere.)

Or just dusting off my old analogue voids, which have been gathering dust in a cupboard all these years.

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

Democratic Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly dies aged 75 | US politics | The Guardian:

"He is one of three Democratic congresspeople to have died in office in the last three months, following Raúl Grijalva and Sylvester Turner."

They’re like Skeksis, only giving up their power after they turn to dust on their throne. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/gerry-connolly-death-virginia-democrat?CMP=oth%5Fb-aplnews%5Fd-1

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
EveryPkmnCard ("Every Pokémon Card") wrote:

Wartortle

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

Just sent an email to thousands of people with the subject line “Testing!”

How’s your Wednesday going?

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

My father was a dangerous man. About as dangerous as I am.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/21/my-family-secret/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:

Andreu Botella (@andreu) & Luca Casonato (‪@lcasdev) will introduce us to WinterTC, a standard for server-side runtimes
https://webengineshackfest.org/#wintertc

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
markosaric@fosstodon.org ("Marko Saric") wrote:

Wild day at Plausible yesterday. We welcomed our biggest and second-biggest subscribers. The bigger one does a billion pageviews a month 🤯

Crazy to see how far we've come. All without investors, paid ads or sales calls. Thanks to everyone who's supported us on this journey!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Blows up the deficit by $3.8 trillion AND takes healthcare and food away from children, the poor and the disabled all to give billionaires a tax cut. If you think the Sermon on the Mount is for suckers, you’ll love this.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Ripples in the water. Croatia.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
👤 @Ameboid
⚗ Spieker Film Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Croatia

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

She didn't struggle. She got it 100% wrong.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-struggles-define-habeas-corpus-rcna207986

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

Why didn't anyone tell me about Detroiters??

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

UnitedHealth Group shares plunge on report of DOJ investigation:

"It marks the second time this year that the insurer’s Medicare Advantage business has come under federal scrutiny. The Journal reported in February that the DOJ is conducting a civil investigation into whether the company inflated diagnoses to trigger extra payments to its Medicare Advantage plans. "

Not only is United Healthcare killing us for ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/20/unitedhealth-group-shares-plunge-on.html

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

There may not be a Tesla in two

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/cars/tesla-elon-musk-ceo

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
82mhz@oldbytes.space ("Andreas (82mhz)") wrote:

New blog post:

Old software still has value
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/05/old-software-still-has-value/

#blogging #blog

jwz wrote:

AvelNO.

Avelo Airlines quashed a boycott campaign over its polarizing decision to operate federal deportation flights.

("Polarizing". Never change, NYT. )

Seth Miller, a New Hampshire lawmaker, placed billboard ads protesting Avelo Airlines' decision to...
https://jwz.org/b/ykoO

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

It seems like half the tech world is finding ever more issues with generative AI while the other half is announcing ever more products incorporating it.

Boosted by jwz:
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Habeas corpus is woke now

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Wary Jerry") wrote:

It’s getting to the point that moderating mastodon requires a doctorate in Middle East studies and a degree in international law 💩