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

Yuck. I had to do manual labor this morning.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/its-a-rough-season-for-boots/

mud-caked boots

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

Me when the violin drops in Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers

Mickey Mouse floating towards a cloud of scent

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

Bröther may I have some AI slöp

Painting of two fat pigs in a barn.

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

Shout out to music. Have you heard it? So good. Big fan.

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infobeautiful@vis.social ("Information Is Beautiful") wrote:

Evolution of the Alphabet via https://usefulcharts.com/

Infographic showing the "Evolution of the Alphabet" from Proto-Sinaitic (c. 1750 BCE) to Modern Latin Script. Colorful arrows trace the development of each letter through Phoenician, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, and Roman scripts, culminating in the modern 26-letter alphabet. The image demonstrates how letter shapes transformed over time.

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

(If you got that joke you are old and/or a movie nerd)

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

Mississippi Spurning

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/man-attacked-after-walking-into-mississippi-bar-and-using-racial-slur-police-say/article%5F33d95bce-f26a-4284-85d4-161c04c692a8.html

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

They didn't because their CEO is a dimwit who doesn't get told "no," and what he wanted was a Battlezone Tank, not something that would be beneficial to his company and to actual other humans

https://www.theverge.com/tesla/672120/slate-truck-tesla-cybertruck-what-if

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

I don't care if some of them are feeling regrets, the Trumpy toadies must never be forgiven.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/no-sympathy-for-the-toadies/

Pepe bloated with corruption

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

While I'm certainly curious what will come out of the Altman/Ive collaboration, there's some part of me that can't help but read all the hype as, “Wait until you see what the butterfly keyboard guy and the world's greatest monorail salesman do together!”

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

I'm trying something new: selling stickers. I made a joke about this one a last week and I _really_ wanted to make it but things cost money so here's the deal: $10 gets you two of these stickers shipped anywhere in the world (or you can pay more if that's what tickles your pickle). I'm gunna leave it open for a couple of weeks, then order the stickers and ship them to everyone.

New shop page: https://rknight.me/shop
Direct link to buy: https://rknight.me/shop/dont-at-me

A pink gradient background. In the middle is a sticker that says Don't Know, Don't Care, Don't @ Me and a smiley face at the end.

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

As an old guy myself, I am repulsed by old people insisting on retaining privilege and power. Retirement can be great, I wish I could do it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/deadwood-must-be-cleared/

Gerry Connolly

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:

A gentle reminder.

“White Genocide” is not real, “racism against whites” will never be a thing, and is rooted in the completely delusional mental illness that most white people live in daily.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
EC64@oldbytes.space ("Everything C64 :verified:") wrote:

The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter is LIVE!

Go get yours now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dokk/the-heart-of-neon-blu-ray

#Llamasoft #JeffMinter #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

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

Original link assuming you've got ad block etc.:

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/oki-reaches-new-heights-with-124-layer-pcb/

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

Anybody need a 124 layer PCB?

https://archive.is/CYDNW

Some things to watch out for:

"Towering complexity naturally brings towering costs. Each square meter of OKI’s 124-layer PCB commands a bill of materials upward of $4,800, with production times stretching up to 16 weeks and yield rates hovering around 65%. This is well below the 85% typical of 108-layer builds."

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

Can Directories Rise Again? - The History of the Web:

"Even in those early days, maybe especially in those early days, the categories and selections carried with them a point of view. It’s what Filo would often refer to as the “voice of Yahoo!”. Surfers didn’t shy away from embracing that voice, as long as the criteria was fair. It’s actually what kept people bringing back, eager to discover and explore areas of ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/22/can-directories-rise-again-the.html

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

Crucial Cover for May 22: Metamorphosis II by Lavinia Meijer

https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/neatnik/20250522

The haunting piano of Philip Glass, masterfully executed on the harp. Some pieces play well on the harp, while others—like this one—sound as if they were destined for it.

#CrucialTracks #Cover #Music

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
yanone@typo.social ("Yanone Type") wrote:

Kelmscott Mono is the Blackletter programming font you didn’t know you needed.

https://github.com/seeddisperser/kelmscott-mono




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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A building on the coast. Croatia.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Spieker Film Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Croatia

A weathered beige building with closed shutters and a big staircase leading up to it.

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Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

With the next TC39 plenary less than a week away, Igalia’s Compilers team has just dropped a thorough blog post recapping April’s session. It walks through the standout proposals and discussions that will help steer JavaScript’s evolution in the months ahead. https://blogs.igalia.com/compilers/2025/05/20/summary-of-the-april-2025-tc39-plenary/

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DocPop@pixelfed.social ("Doctor P. Popular") wrote:

“Tech-Billionaire Historic District” sign at 24th and San Jose in San Francisco. #SFGraffiti #GuerrillaArt #SanFrancisco

A sign mounted on a street post that says “tech billionaire historic district”. From a distance, the sign looks like a plaque, but it is printed on paper and glued to a green piece of wood.

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shlee@aus.social (":PUA: Shlee fucked around and") wrote:

Sinners is a high recommendation! 4.5/5

Michael B. Jordan and "the count". A vampire.

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signalapp@mastodon.world ("Signal") wrote:

We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.

Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

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

Just discovered the first punchable web page: https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/

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

I think we should force tech bros to pay five dollars whenever they say "revolutionary" then take that money and fund universal healthcare with it

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

Okay.

Panel top:&10;FINTECH&10;Klarna's revenue per employee soars to nearly&10;$1M thanks to Al efficiency push&10;Panel bottom:&10;BENZINGA&10;After Firing 700 Humans For Al, Klarna Now Wants Them Back-'Tons Of Klarna Users Would Enjoy Working For Us,' Says CEO

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

Sam Altman and Jony Ive are poised to announced new hardware for AI. My guess is it’ll be the phone from the movie Her, with a capable speaker, and perhaps wireless earbuds. Or a Bluetooth headset of some sort.

Conversational UI will be at the forefront and screens will be declared secondary.

Orange folding device with a hinge. There's a camera on both sides.

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

I’m sorry — unfortunately we decided to go with someone that has been claiming web components are dead for 13 years and it says here on your CV that you only have 9 years of experience with that

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knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:

Democratic Congressman Is the Third to Die in Office in Three Months

https://www.thedailybeast.com/democratic-congressman-gerry-connolly-is-the-third-to-die-in-office-in-three-months/