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mxshift@treehouse.systems ("Rick Altherr") wrote:

Today's attire

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

Claude Shannon and John McCarthy predict LLMs in 1956

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

@evan Also, they’re ripping people off based on a false hope and evidently meritless claims, promising a remedy that isn't possible. But other than that…

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

ICYMI, I dug into the delays that Apple inflicted on 75+% of web features announced for iOS at WWDC. Apple is fighting browser choice tooth-and-nail while demanding applause for dropping scraps from the $20BN/yr it skims from the web with a 90+% profit rate. Arrogance and hubris incarnate:

https://infrequently.org/2025/06/the-ghost-of-christmas-past/

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oglaf@socel.net ("Oglaf") wrote:

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

Everything about Donald Trump is so small, except for the size of the crowds that hate him.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/15/we-know-how-to-really-hurt-donald-trump/

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

why, thanks @CARROT

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 Digaron-W lens, Phase One IQ4-150 back, a small amount of vertical shift.

The San Mateo Bridge, spanning the San Francisco Bay just south of SFO Airport, is relatively unremarkable except for its seemingly endless length. Sometimes known locally as the "S&M Bridge" for its frequently painful traffic congestion, looked at from the right distance, it can appear rather serine.

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

San Mateo Bridge and San Francisco Bay, San Mateo, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, no toll collected, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54129314405

#photography

Boosted by jwz:
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:

I watched the parade in all its glory so you don’t have to.
(abc coverage on YouTube)

How bizarre.

It started with what appeared to be a military museum presentation of historical military uniforms.

The fashion show commentary over the loudspeakers was definitely a thing.

If Trump was going for something similar to one of those parades in Moscow or Pyongyang, I’m not sure he hit the mark. For one thing, no flag-waving crowds lining the parade. It looked like a double barricade and a line of police blocking what crowds did show up.

Most participants marching or driving down the street look… ashamed, or disappointed, to be there. It has more of an ancient world feel of a defeated army being paraded before the victor.

The tank parade was a bit more ominous, accompanied by some instrumental guitar rock music.

It didn’t look like many people showed up, with a lot of the shots showing empty space on both sides of the street. When they showed the people who did turn up, they looked bored. The officials looked bored too. Whatever was on their phones was often more important. Trump looked utterly disappointed. Most of the soldiers looked like they just wanted it all to be over.

I noted the Australian AC/DC song played patriotically by the live band.

I’m sure the phone calls to Kim Jong Un and Putin is going to go badly when they ask about the lack of ICBMs on display.

They didn’t even acknowledge The Cold War! (Which makes sense, I suppose. It was “cold”.)

Drones were paraded along with the other vehicles. I’m sure there weren’t any DJI drones. Surely not.

Robots made an appearance in the parade. Robot dogs, unmanned tanks, marching bands… no Atlas units yet. Don’t worry, Boston Dynamics will sell them a Terminator one day.

The fashion show commentary recommenced for a final display of dress uniforms.

Trump had West Point graduates swear their allegiance to him. Prepared propaganda promoting West Point, and an upcoming movie about the Rangers was played.

Some live country music rounded out the end of the two hour display of military patriotism. The singer said “good night” in the middle of the day.

Oh.

And it started raining.

Literally, it rained on his parade.

lol

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cbarbermd@med-mastodon.com ("Carolyn Barber, MD") wrote:

They told Minnesotans to stay home. After the murder of Speaker Hortman and her husband—and the failed attempts on Senator Hoffman and his wife—fear was the official message.

But the people came anyway. In defiance. In grief. In purpose. This was the #NoKings rally in MN. #press

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gwensnyder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Gwen Snyder is uncivil") wrote:

It's not just that he and his policies are unpopular, there's a clear and demonstrated enthusiasm differential now. His base is energetically absent, ours is livid and out in the streets.

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gwensnyder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Gwen Snyder is uncivil") wrote:

I really really needed to see that people hadn't given up and accepted this shit as inevitable, or (even worse) embraced it. And today showed us that beautifully. No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.

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Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

So, to summarize, the Left turned out an estimated 5 million Americans in peaceful parades in support of basic Constitutional values, well-organized with no incidents, while the Right had a rinky-dink parade sponsored by Palantir and Coinbase and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it fireworks show for a crowd of hundreds, drove cars through crowds, and assassinated a state Senator

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

🤷🏿‍♂️ Imma keep it 100... if 10 million+ people got together on my birthday, just to un-celebrate my birthday? I'd probably cry a little.

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

Drink Special Tonight @ Secret Psychedelica & Funtcase -- NO KINGS: Crown Royal, Pepsi, Grenadine, and a Cherry

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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Did some super light coding this weekend with GitHub Copilot’s Agentic mode.

To be honest liked it quite a bit and similar enough to what Windsurf does that I might stick with it since it’s free (not sure why).

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

Aside: Although the new embassy, which had been in the works for years, opened during the first Trump administration, he disliked the building so much that he refused to attend its official opening. Presumably not enough gold-leaf.

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

Deigned by the Philadelphia architectural firm KieranTimberlake*, the chancery building incorporates a number of sustainable design elements, and has been generally well received (international politics aside) by staff and local residents. It replaced a mid-century modern structure (by Eero Saarinen, now being redeveloped as a hotel) in the more traditionally fancypants Grosvenor Square neighborhood.

* Coincidentally, also the designer of Penn's Levine Hall, where I once had my office.

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

The new US Embassy to the UK, completed in 2017, is a roughly cubically-shaped glass box covered on three sides with a semi-transparent textured Teflon "envelope" that aids in temperature regulation. Situated in a landscaped compound on the Thames between the Battersea Power Station and MI6's famous Vauxhall headquarters, it's one of the most distinctive recent structures on that part of London's South Bank.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8) lens, Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/50 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (Shifted vertically -19mm, horizontally -10mm). Cropped to a 4x5 aspect ratio.

The embassy's exterior "envelope" curtain forms an interesting abstract pattern that reminds me of the sound absorbing tiles that line recording studios and anechoic chambers. This photo shows the western-facing side.

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

US Embassy, Wandsworth, London, UK, 2025.

All the pixels, none of the awkward diplomacy, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54586230547/in/photostream/

#photography

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
tc_morekindness@c.im ("Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻") wrote:

This is jaw-dropping.

From Alt National Park Service‬
‪@altnps.bsky.social‬
(2h ago)

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lrmce3muts2c

#NoKings #turnout

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dimcheff.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("brandon") wrote:

that's right t'lyn #nokings(lower decks! lower decks! lower decks!) #startrek

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docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Photos from #NoKings protest in SF today. Local news estimates 50,000 attendees.

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Decad3nce ("adnan") wrote:

70-100k in Seattle.

#nokings

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middleclasstool@phire.place ("Pastor of Muppets") wrote:

Newspapers: if your headlines tomorrow don't say "tanks for nothing" then you are all cowards

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MiBaWi@m.ai6yr.org ("MiBaWi - Michael Barthel") wrote:

#NoKingsDay #NoKingsProtest #NoKing #NoKingProtests

St.Paul 'No Kings' protest >> Capitol of Minnesota. The Protesters were told not to come in wake of the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. BUT ...

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luckytran@threads.net ("Dr. Lucky Tran") wrote:

Incredible turnout for the No Kings protest in Los Angeles!
#no kings day

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:

You don't have to put on the red light.