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

Huh. There's a lot more songs about duct tape than I thought there'd be.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
dirtyoldtown@mefi.social ("DirtyOldTown") wrote:

My kid just WhatsApped from his German exchange trip. They had to call an ambulance for him.

He has food poisoning, was very pale and nauseous. He was dehydrated and his blood pressure was dropping.

He's fine now but I wanted to share this because it has the most Western Europe Is a Civilized Place ending ever.

The paramedics came to the mall, took him into the ambulance, gave him an IV, checked him out, stayed with him until he felt better, then told him "No charge. Enjoy your trip to Germany." And if that wasn't enough, when they realized the group had had to move onto the train station without him, they gave him a ride over there to catch up with them.

I'm so ground down by the predatory realities of America in general in 2025 that this just about blew my fucking mind.

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

I'm happy that this "dopamine menu" thing is trending. But it does go to show just how much the algorithm has us in a chokehold, that this new generation thinks they invented human curation.

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

28 slightly rude notes on writing - by Adam Mastroianni:

"Somehow, whenever I finish a draft, my first few paragraphs almost always contain ideas that were necessary for writing the rest of the piece, but that aren’t necessary for understanding it. It’s like I’m giving someone a tour of my hometown and I start by showing them all the dead ends." https://www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightly-rude-notes-on-writing

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

my sysadmin **reall** does not like 171.22.28.26 (somewhere around Ciuflea Street, Chisinau, Moldova) and 198.55.98.10 (which seems to end up somewhere around 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, UK WC2H 9JQ)... I mean, we are talking ANY port set to DENY IN for those two

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

I love how most sabotage tactics boil down to just being annoying for an extended period of time.

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

DIVS 🕺

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

Sam Altman: only boomers use ChatGPT like a search engine. The cool kids fill ChatGPT with their most intimate, compromising life experiences.

Journalist who definitely should ask what he plans to do with all that personal data: Neato!

#openai

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Tips from an elder activists:

1. The cops are not your friends, always ask them to leave your demonstrations, immediately.

2. The most effective police reform is collective, open and frequent community desdain. Flip off all cops on sight. Tell every cop in earshot to quit their job.

3. Fascist want to distract you from local politics and mutual aid. If your ONLY protest and MA experience is at "counter protests" get plugged in to local policy and MA work ASAP.

#seattle #activism #acab

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

The Times finally reporting what we all could see: Musk was absolutely tripping balls the entire time he destroyed the government. Very polite of them to wait to drop this until he’d left the position.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
best_of_mltshp@mefi.social ("Best of MLTSHP") wrote:

https://mltshp.com/p/1R22F “Get loved, loser”

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I guess Mario Kart World is gonna be fine, most of the rest are remakes I've played years ago or don't care about.

Almost surprised Skyrim isn't on the list 🤣

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

My research group in Montreal is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!

Very interdisciplinary, focus on bioethics

:boost_requested: Circulate widely!

Details: https://www.translationalethics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAR2025-PDF-Ad-P2-Revised.pdf

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz ("Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿") wrote:

Ok #Fediverse: if I was keen to bootstrap an Aotearoa-based tech services #cooperative, what coop models would people suggest I look at - looking for good descriptions of how they'd be set up, especially to recognise the contributions of those involved. All insights appreciated! I'd rather learn from others' experiences rather than unwittingly replicating their mistakes trying to reinvent the wheel...

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
colingourlay@bne.social ("Colin") wrote:

I select all images with traffic lights, therefore I am

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

Creativity is made, not generated — Procreate®:

"We’re here for the humans. We’re not chasing a technology that is a moral threat to our greatest jewel: human creativity." https://procreate.com/ai

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

The Fifth Estate - daverupert.com:

"I don’t have the capital to start my own Fourth Estate university or newspaper. But I do have this blog. A minor stake in the Fifth Estate. But my blog plus your blog, mix in some RSS and the power of sharing interesting blogs and podcasts… we might make a dent." https://daverupert.com/2025/05/the-fifth-estate/

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shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Shane Celis") wrote:

#rustlang tip: Option is practically useless because then you have to specify what type of None you're providing but you can get something almost as expressive.

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

#WritersCoffeeClub Footnote: however, the world being what it is right now, I'm in the process of pivoting my output HARD from crapsack-alternate-present satirical dystopias towards very-far-future space opera with the escapism dial turned up to 11 (but also some satirical dystopian content because I'm an addict: the mass-crucifixion of burning clowns is a bit of a tell).

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
MikeElgan ("Mike Elgan") wrote:

DOGE goon fired after admitting that he was surprised to find that "government works" and is "not as inefficient as I was expecting."

https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/05/va-based-doge-associate-gets-boot-after-publicly-discussing-his-work/405641/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91330297/doge-sahil-lavignia-gumroad

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
neilsardesai ("Neil Sardesai") wrote:

Made a more modern password field

Attachments:

• gifv: A password field that uses emoji instead of bullets for masking

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

Good to know the WaPo still knows the phrase "burying the lede".

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/30/still-carrying-water-for-musk/

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

I really dig this portrait of David Bowie by Scott Fischer.

https://www.muddycolors.com/2025/01/fischer-paints-breathing-in-the-stardust/

(Follow the link for the full, embiggened experience.)

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
keithamus@indieweb.social wrote:

Hey friends, did you know you can make a modal element dismissible by clicking outside (aka light dismiss) by adding `closedby=any` to it. That's it. That's all there is to it.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLDialogElement/closedBy

Chrome 134+, Firefox 140+, coming soon to Safari.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

The Switch 2 launch lineup is so bad, even Wii U games are sending condolences.

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Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Scientists estimate most group chats are just people typing “LMAO” with a straight face while dying inside

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foofaraw@beep.town wrote:

I’m thinking our little mascot needs a name. First thought was Frederick the Foof, but I’d love to hear if anyone else has any good ideas.

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claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

It would be an unbelievable sign of dystopia if there was merely one massive military-industrial-finance tech company unironically named after a Tolkien object, but the USA now has *several* all at once competing to be the most evil nerd dipshit inc

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

I'm watching Big Bang Theory all the way through for the first time. I was wondering if they used a 3-story set for the stairs scenes, so I looked for identifying marks.

There is a distinct scuff mark on the trim that exists on all three levels and now I can't unsee it and I'm kind of disappointed?

I need a life.

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beyondmachines1@infosec.exchange ("BeyondMachines :verified:") wrote:

True definition of critical infrastructure