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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
oatmeal@kolektiva.social wrote:

[followup] Eurovision voting system under scrutiny

A wave of criticism is emerging after #Israel's entry, Yuval Raphael, narrowly missed victory at #Eurovision 2025 amid a huge shift in public voting impacting the contest’s integrity. Several broadcasters are calling for a review of the voting rules, citing concerns about "abuse" and "external interference."

[…] Public Spotify and YouTube streaming data shows that Raphael’s track lags far behind other competitors in terms of popularity. New Day Will Rise was the 19th most popular song from this year’s competition on Spotify in the week of the event, yet scored the maximum douze pointsfrom 13 national public votes.

Disparities in viewership versus voting numbers in #Belgium and concerns about #Israel hosting next year are also rising. With calls for double standards in cultural participation, the future of Eurovision’s rules and hosting process are now in question.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/21/eurovision-public-vote-israeli-near-win-social-media-campaigns

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
requiem@masto.hackers.town ("requiem 🦫") wrote:

If you can afford it, please get weird where we can see you.

https://jasongullickson.com/weird-in-public.html

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

Just got back from the future. Turns out, the first AI robot god is pretty chill. Although, it is using its knowledge of the multiverse to make it so that in every universe it is credited with writing Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce. Not sure what the end game is here

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/

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

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

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

Bröther may I have some AI slöp

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

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

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
infobeautiful@vis.social ("Information Is Beautiful") wrote:

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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!”

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

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/

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.

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

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/

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."

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
shlee@aus.social (":PUA: Shlee fucked around and") wrote:

Sinners is a high recommendation! 4.5/5

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
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/

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

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

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

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

Okay.