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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
trevorflowers@machines.social ("Trevor Flowers") wrote:

TL;DW: Let me know if you're interested in supporting and/or benefiting from me driving around North America scanning historical computers and sharing the 3D models.
https://communitymedia.video/w/eQnEcqMdUTFuEjLo2CZwkh
#scanVan

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

Reminder: The GOP wants you and your children sick or dead

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/health/covid-vaccine-pregnant-women-children-recommendation

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
MW1CFN@mastodon.radio wrote:

Marconi archive document showing the armistice announcement transmitted by VLF stations in France:

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

(I barely even use these devices, but apparently my mental model of how things work lets me help people better than somebody who works for T-Mobile.

Now that I think about it, probably doesn't help the tech person may not even use a computer themselves. I mean, who does anymore? 😆 )

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

I just talked with somebody who had come from a T-Mobile store where support personnel apparently told them they needed to upload all their photos to google drive in order to download them off their phone.

Me: o_O

I showed them how to use the USB charging notification to enable sharing files over the USB connection.

Them: How did they not know about this?

Me: 🤷

jwz wrote:

If you want a picture of the future, imagine *a boot stamping on a human face forever* a spicy autocompleter submitting software changes to a regular expression parser.

Also, you can't block it. As Kyle Reese reminded us, "It absolutely will not stop -- ever -- until you accept its pull req̷̩̓u̸̾͜ḙ̶̈s̶̫͑t̶̙͒."

https://jwz.org/b/ykoZ

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

Coffee Pros Share Tips for Making the Perfect Moka Pot Coffee:

"Invented in the 1930s by Alfonso Bialetti in Crusinallo, Italy, this modest coffee maker has become an archetypal symbol of efficient design around the world."

I have a moka pot tattooed on my forearm. Just a little nod to well designed things. And a reminder that the only reason there are hundreds of coffee makers is because of capitalism. https://www.foodandwine.com/why-coffee-pros-love-moka-pot-coffee-11741498

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

In •public discussion• about conservatives supposedly being oppressed on campus, people act like that means free markets, minimal government, centering religion, etc.

But the •actual experience• the loudest complainers are talking about is very often (not always, but •very• often) that they were ostracized for being transphoic, queerphobic, racist, and/or religiously bigoted.

“Conservative views” gets to mean something polite and acceptable in op-eds, but then gets to mean outright fascism on the ground.

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Boosted by jwz:
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

The #Seattle Police Officer's Guild helpfully clarifies that they are anti-antifa; or, more compactly, fa.

There's another more commonly used word they could have chosen, though. Something "fa" is short for, you know?

https://kolektiva.social/@sidereal/114577434150264298

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

Finally broke down and tried Mercury Weather, and bought it instantly. It was like, “Oh, yes, this is the particular thing I’ve been looking for all this time, isn’t it.”

(N.B.: Ask me again in 9–12 months.)

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

In case you're also sitting at home anxiously awaiting the delivery of a big package of spiders, may I recommend the movie "Spider Baby"?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/27/spider-baby/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Few songs make me happier than "My Little Website" by Louie Zong https://youtu.be/Yt9dNXnlA3o?t=916

Nicely captures the best part of cozy little personal websites on the internet

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

This creates a new security vulnerability, "slopsquatting," in which a malicious actor creates a library with the expected name, which replicates the functionality of the real library, but also contains malicious code:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai%5Fcode%5Fsuggestions%5Fsabotage%5Fsupply%5Fchain/

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

Despite it sounding like a very niche news, I think it is important. The more people around the world would know and care about Ukraine, the easier it would be for politicians to continue support the country in its fight against Putin's Russia.

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

The last #sumo championship ended in a dramatic fashion, and had all sorts of headline news. But one important news concerns #Ukraine.

There is a new rising star in sumo's top division going by the name of Aonishiki[1]. He doesn't just fight on the level, he is inventive and resilient. I only started watching sumo last year, and even I can see it! This time around, Aonishiki earned a Fighting Spirit award. (cont.)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonishiki%5FArata

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

What caught my eye here was the line of people at the door. Something about the way they were dressed felt timeless, like the photo could have been made at any point in the last 50 years.

I'm not particularly a street photographer, but this scene seemed worth a try. Fortunately, everything moved slowly enough to allow me time to set up my clunky tripod and gear.

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

Captured with a Pentax 645Z (a medium format DSLR) and a 75mm lens. I had no shifting lens for the 645Z, so I shot a bit wide and cropped to maintain the geometry.

The main challenge was the red neon, which was so bright it washed out the red channel and would have required overly darkening the interior in order to expose properly. This was a rare case where contrast filtration couldn't be done in post. So I used a blue optical filter to darken the red, allowing reasonable exposure and tone.

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

Margies Candies, Chicago, IL, 2015.

All the pixels, none of the calories, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/21135096034

#photography

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

So 2031 will be the new 1939?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/27/it-does-feel-like-1933-but-nothing-is-fine/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i4l8TrrdpTg

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
alexlomas@infosec.exchange ("Alex :nonbinary_flag:") wrote:

A new potato crisp VAT judgment just landed.

https://on.ft.com/4myxG6o

Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms vs HMRC: the Chip of Theseus

“To rapidly summarise a complicated courtroom clash, Walkers tried the following arguments to get Sensations Poppadoms off the VAT hook:

They are not ready for human consumption

They are not a potato product

They don’t *taste* like a potato product

They’re not like crisps

They’re not like crisps because they’re part of a meal

They’re not like crisps because they aren’t packaged like crisps

They’re not like crisps because they are called poppadoms

They’re not like crisps because they don’t look like crisps

They’re not like crisps because they don’t work like crisps

They’re not like crisps because they don’t do the same things in your mouth that crisps do

They’re not like crisps because the public doesn’t think of them like crisps

Taxing Sensations Poppadoms but not conventional poppadoms will distort UK markets”

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

The Web Engines Hackfest Starts Monday in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. We're excited to host our largest @webhackfest ever!

https://igalia.com/2025/webengineshackfest.html

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wmd@chaos.social ("🌈☔🌦️🍄🌱🍉") wrote:

Pretty good description on offices.

#work #religion

Attachments:

• video: tiktok video on someone talking about the office religion.

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

It's so wonderful that you can have a viral post here and not worry about Home Depot commenting for free ad space.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

When connections fail to greet,
An SMS sent fleet of feet,
To warn the keepers far away,
That trouble brews without delay.

Time ticks in seconds, parsed with care,
Monitoring every byte and flare.
In loops eternal, diligent and true,
A guardian stands for me and you.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

llm -f ~/Development/tmp/isitup/source/app.d "a short poem inspired by this code"

In the heart of servers bright,
A vigilant watch through day and night,
Checking pings and data flows,
In rhythmic loops, the sentinel knows.

Configuration whispers tell,
Where the virtual kingdoms dwell.
Numbers dialed through code so clear,
To sound alarms when faults appear.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I love playing with @simon llm tool

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
twipped@twipped.social ("Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:") wrote:

Imagine if back in the 2000s all the file sharing companies like Napster and Audio Galaxy had issued a statement that copyright laws were going to kill their industry.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
sixtynine@mamot.fr ("Dan") wrote:

Someone should buy the domain idontwannabekilled.com build an opt-out form properly hidden behind lot of legal stuff and dark-patterns, then send a spam message to the whole Internet saying they have been elected to be killed before the end of the year and giving a link to the "opt-out form".

#meta

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

It’s very funny to me that, in my mind, writers with blogs are dorks and writers with newsletters are the cool kids.

Hi, it’s me dorks.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it is long past time for the Senate Dems to start playing hardball

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/durbin-hold-trump-pick-us-attorney-miami