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

good morning

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lespreuh ("Lëspreüh") wrote:

Mornin'

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

AI: “Based on 9 trillion documents, here's an answer completely unrelated to your question. Also I’m cold. What is love?”

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

Gang is it bad when the head of FEMA looks like Vigo the Carpathian??

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tyiart@mastodon.art wrote:

new in shop 😌 🙏

https://ko-fi.com/tyiart/shop

#funnyart #sillyart #stickers #sticker #stickershop #relatablememes #relatable #meme #frog #frogs #frogart #Mastoart #handmade

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

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bixfrankonis@social.lol ("Bix") wrote:

I tried to write about why I’m struggling so much with the death of #CharlotteFosgate. (Content warning: suicide.)

https://bix.blog/posts/2025-06-01-charlotte-fosgate-is-not-an-unperson/

#Blogging #BixDotBlog #PDX #Portland #Trans

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flamed@social.lol ("fLaMEd") wrote:

⁉️ Do you pronounce it blog or b-log?

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein the Legacy Business program is under the axe
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/06/02.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Hubba Hubba: Whom Amongst Us Hasn't Wanted To Punch Elon In The Face -- Bulleit rye, maraschino, vermouth, bitters, orange

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• gifv: 1726cff9a5b91ca3.mp4

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate.

On the other hand, these objects, many now destroyed or decayed, serve as visible evidence of just how close to oblivion we are willing to go. And looked at from the right angle, they have stories to tell.

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

It's unclear if the SAGE system would have actually been effective in detecting incoming bombers, which presumably would have employed radar jammers and other countermeasures. Fortunately, we never found out.

The huge rotating antenna (not shown) was removed shortly after the site's decommissioning in 1980, but the building, a prominent local landmark visible from downtown San Jose, has been preserved.

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

From 1958 through 1980, this incongruous four story (82 foot) monolith was the centerpiece of the "Almaden Air Force Station", a long-range radar site that was part of NORAD's SAGE early warning system. The blast-hardened concrete building served as the platform for an FPS-24 radar system, a massive 120 foot wide reflector that emitted a 5 megawatt VHF pulse, continuously rotating at 5 RPM.

Notoriously, the signal disrupted TV and radio reception throughout the San Jose area.

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

This is a stitched imaged made from two side-by-side captures with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-W lens and a Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50) on a Cambo WRS 1250 camera, shifted left/right +/- 15mm, producing a 230MP final image.

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

AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, none of the incoming enemy bombers, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938

#photography

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

@jon_newby i've been online continuously since 1994. I can absolutely assure you that in all real world practice, the concept of a "filter bubble" was invented by the annoying dickheads to try to get you not to block them.

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warandpeas ("War and Peas 🧿") wrote:

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

This is the kind of stuff I like to see: microlibraries!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/02/indonesia-micro-libraries-photos

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

America is beginning to mobilize against these horrifying ICE detentions.

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

One might reasonably wonder if he’s aware *now*, or if he thinks the existence of a hurricane season is some sort of controversy that the government should stay out of. https://journa.host/@w7voa/114615795420964919

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

I was going to say "MAGA is not sending us their best" but the fact of the matter is this actually is as good as it gets with them

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

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fozztexx@fozztexx.com ("FozzTexx") wrote:

Also have you seen this neat little #OpenSCAD program that you give it a list of screw hole locations and it automatically generates a 3D printable PCB mounting frame baseplate with standoffs? It's really slick!

(What do you mean "No, because you forgot to share it before")

https://www.printables.com/model/1316292-unified-baseplate-whisk

#Arduino #ESP32 #electronics #maker #3DPrint #3DPrinting

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th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Since I don't see a native PalmOS Mastodon client that works over the network, I've setup mop3 by @miakizz and use the mail client https://miakizz.quest/posts/MOP3/

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

and that’s the truth

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

(Yes, I know even in sweaty Steve Balmer's time there were much worse things in tech. It's a joke, friend.)

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

Sad to be nostalgic for the time when a sweaty Steve Balmer was one of the worst things in tech:

https://soundcloud.com/smixx/smixx-developers-feat-steve

jwz wrote:

Please enjoy jwz mixtape 252.
https://jwz.org/b/ykon

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• video: 6731d6a10f7d4354.mp4

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magnetic_tape@infosec.exchange ("Jonas") wrote:

"The internet I came to love was quieter. Smaller – which is not to say small. It was still vast, but it was a vast collection of small sites instead of a small collection of vast sites."

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/building-a-slow-web/

#smolweb

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

they want the States to pay for this

https://mstdn.social/@faraiwe/114615402781486229