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Mastodon wrote:

The Mastodon team will be at re:publica #rp25 in Berlin next week, taking part in a couple of panel discussions.

We're also hosting a side event! If you'd like to join, register via https://lu.ma/7h454kcp

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
aluhrs@toot.cafe ("Andy Luhrs") wrote:

Our team is taking a look at a long-standing gap in CSS to style browser tooltips! We aren’t sure when we’ll be able to do the work to implement this yet, but I’m going to be iterating on open issues and gaps in this explainer soon. Would love any feedback!

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/CSSTooltipPseudo/explainer.md

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is truly wild, unhinged shit:

https://x.com/AdamRackis/status/1925646909345058818

Imagine, if you can, spending a decade past the sell-by date of a technology stanning for it this hard because of tribal affiliation and against all evidence other than popularity!

That sounds like engineering purgatory (if not hell) to me, but I guess those tormented domains are well-populated these days. Not sure that's going to raise the TripAdvisor ratings.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

penultimate update: the print magazines are confirmed to arrive on may 27th, so pre-orders will begin going out THAT DAY! 🩷

the website will launch on may 26th! further updates after that date will be on the website :)

be sure to sign up for the mailing list to get notified when the website and orders go live!

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
marcioaleks ("Marcio Aleksandravicius") wrote:

Firefly taking flight

Attachments:

• video: 5955007688c8747b.mp4

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

There are also ventilation structures for the various railroad and subway tunnels that cross the NYC rivers, but their smaller size makes them less prominent. (The electric trains that use these tunnels don't produce exhaust that has to be as aggressively vented as in an automotive tunnel).

Let me just mention that photographing buildings from across the major avenues during the day in midtown Manhattan is like playing a video game in "extreme hardcore" mode.

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

Manhattan boasts six large ventilation towers serving the four automobile tunnels that cross the Hudson and East Rivers: two each for the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, and one each for the Queens-Midtown and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels.

All sport an industrial art deco design reflecting their early/mid 20th century construction. Their large scale and lack of windows lends them an air of mystery; the exterior of the Battery Tunnel building was used as the secret HQ in the Men in Black films.

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

The Lincoln Tunnel, opened in 1937, is a multi-tube automobile tunnel that connects midtown Manhattan with Weehawken, NJ under the Hudson (North) river. To provide fresh air and remove dangerous car exhaust, three ventilation towers (two in Manhattan and one in NJ) exchange the air in the tunnels approximately every 90 seconds.

Infrastructure is heroic.

I didn't notice the "Camera Use Prohibited" sign until it was too late. I guess their secret is out now.

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

Rodenstock HR Digaron-W 32mm/4.0 lens (@ f/7.1), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 64), Cambo WRS 1250 camera, shifted vertically -5mm, horizontally -15mm. Cropped a bit.

This humble and functional, yet handsome, art deco structure is the easternmost of three ventilation towers for the Lincoln Tunnel and was completed with its first tube in 1937. The facade was refurbished about ten years ago. It also hosts a large array of cellular telephone base station antennas.

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

Lincoln Tunnel Ventilation Tower, 491 11th Ave, NYC, 2025.

All the pixels, none of the carbon monoxide, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54365775629

#photography

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

WHY THE FUCK WERE THEY NOT DOING THAT BEFORE

(yes, I know, systemic sexism, but also WHAT THE FUCK TO THAT TOO)

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5403880/iud-insertion-pain-treatment-acog

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

RIP my favorite shirt. Too many holes after this last wash. You will be missed.

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

@adam I voted yes, because I’m all about building community online. I also want my answer to reflect that there is already infrastructure *and* expertise for evaluating and compiling online resources: Libraries! Libraries of all types are staffed with trained information professionals who do and share this work every day. Many of us have master’s degrees and do so much more than recommend books (although we do that too) — we are out here fighting misinformation and disinformation.

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

I just don't understand why we can't have coke back in our Coca-Cola. The earth is on fire but I can't be skeeted out of my mind at lunch?

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

I love when my back goes out. It's so dope-- The reminder of my unstoppable march towards death via the degradation of my body. A treat.

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

I'm a bit slow, but I just connected the dots that the emergency alerts last night about a person with a gun near my office at the law school and the horrible news about the double homicide at the Capital Jewish Museum (a block from my office) were the same incident.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
grajohnt@chaos.social ("John T") wrote:

This was also fun (it's the same CEO).

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

3/ More from Mark:

This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

How often do you think about the Byzantine Empire?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%5FEmpire

#EvanPoll #poll

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
shoq ("Shoq") wrote:

Trump can complain all he wants – but he can’t stop his own economic mess | Sidney Blumenthal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/trump-economy-sidney-blumenthal

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bud_t@m.ai6yr.org ("Bud Talbot") wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a way to bulk edit the visibility of your toots?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
erininthemorning.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Erin Reed") wrote:

Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it. This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1. It now goes to the senate. It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m65ifh7vn5zdgs7izcmht4gy/post/3lpqei4zr3c2d

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

I was thinking about Trump showing videos of the genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the president of South Africa.

Someone on Trump’s staff had that all keyed up, ready to go. I saw Whiskey Pete sitting on the couch. He’s too stupid and drunk to do that.
I also saw Elon Musk standing behind the couch. I bet he had that video set up. Or, it could’ve been the lying White House press secretary.

One of these days, the guest is gonna tell Trump to fuck off, get up & walk out.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
uk@pubeurope.com ("UK") wrote:

https://www.europesays.com/uk/123596/ Murphy Niu receives NSF CAREER award for quantum computing innovation #Computing #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

It's a grift unlike anything I've ever seen during my nearly sixty years in politics.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
superball@norcal.social ("🍋 Superball ☀️") wrote:

“After losing her sister in a car crash, Pennsylvania English teacher Kristina Ulmer used the small portion of the money her sister left behind to start an annual kindness challenge. Each year, Ulmer gives her students a $20 bill with the mission to spend it on an act of kindness. The project was such a success that the school started a donation program to fund it. Ulmer has said her students bring her to tears each year through the creativity and kindness they demonstrate in the project, highlighting the story of one student who used the funds to crochet hats for premature babies in neonatal care.”

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/20-dollar-kindness-challenge-1.7486914?ref=readtangle.com

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

Among the many casual, gratuitous cruelties in the current budget bill (now at the Senate) is the denial of basic healthcare to people who make them uncomfortable.

https://federate.social/@munin@infosec.exchange/114553097295533212

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

Dianna (PhysicsGirl) is recovering! This is such a wonderful news!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeIcDHD0

#covid #mecfs

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
20002ist@thepit.social ("Live, Laugh, Punch Nazis") wrote:

@mattblaze @ai6yr @dan613 Same set of safety standards:

(Yes, I posted this a few weeks ago. I am large; I contain multitudes.)

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

This piece really got me thinking about how resources were curated and shared in the early days of the web. We used directories at the time because we didn’t have any alternatives. Today, the alternatives are increasingly meh, with ads and AI that nobody asked for. So maybe the original approach can (paradoxically) become its own alternative to those alternatives, and we can restore some humanity in how we find and share information on the web.

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/can-directories-rise-again/