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

No one, including atheists, should visit the US.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/our-nations-reputation-abroad-is-plummeting/

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

The Banshees of Inisherin is such a gift to the world. #movies

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

These are good strong messages, but they're going to fly right over the heads of the people bombing Iran. They are incapable of empathy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/put-yourself-in-their-shoes/

![I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven’t lived in blood and bone. That doesn’t mean | want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the 'l destruction of innocent Ylives, then it’s not freedom you're after.] Sahar Delijani,]4

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

There is no "mind" behind any of this, so stop calling it "artificial intelligence". AI is a gimmick to suck money out of rich people's pockets.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/so-much-effort-spiraling-down-the-drain-of-ai/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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

I don't "assert dominance" but have been known to assume mating postures to trigger courtship. Also totally uninterested in road kill -- if it can't lay eggs, don't want it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/this-cartoon-is-entirely-false/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
dwarf@borg.social ("@Dwarf :borgcube:") wrote:

My Firefox addon got approved! It ensures i.imgur.com, preview.redd.it, i.reddit.com and media.tumblr.com actually send you an image when visiting links instead of redirecting to a page with a bunch of proprietary javascript!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fucking-jpeg/
#firefox #addons #firefoxaddons #reddit #imgur #tumblr

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

details, details

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• video: 1bd637cb767c4fd2.mp4

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

What makes LLMs work isn't deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.

What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
eay@eay.social ("Stefan Grund :eay:") wrote:

The most likeable Twitter alternative out there is https://status.lol/.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
claudia@social.lol ("Claudia :prami:") wrote:

😨 I have drafted and deleted many toots relating to what's going on. But it all boils down to "This is fucked".

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
alanferrier@mastodon.scot ("Alan Ferrier") wrote:

Well played.

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

i refuse to give into overwhelm.

i am focusing on the things i can change and affect. local protests, local CSAs, local SRAs and DSAs, local senators and representatives, local community meetings. i may not have much say nationally or internationally, but the change we can be in our communities is so loud.

i am focusing on the good i see, even online: creating art especially in times of strife is so important. being visible, being open, being loud about the alternative worlds we can have.

i am taking breaks from the 24-hour news cycle that is trying to break down my resolve, my mental health, and my spirit.

i am strategizing: in community gathering, in how we communicate, in how we can amplify voices that are unsure how to navigate a post-social media landscape.

i will not be overwhelmed; i will be steadfast in the causes i believe in while doing things that may appear unimportant to those who aren’t considering the big picture. we are in the midst of a digital revolution, a changing of the guard, and it would be remiss to stop now.

reminding myself of these things continually brings me strength and pushes me to keep going.

it’s not just a fun hobby, although it is fun; it’s a way to mobilize and confer with the reality of people unglossed by the temptation of content monetization. it is community with those that are also feeling the need to be strong. and it’s important. there must be voices outside of the ones praying to foster apathy.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
irene@discuss.systems ("Irene Zhang") wrote:

I recently found out that all of the women who have reported sexual harassment this year to the University of Washington Allen School of CSE received a “needs improvement” on their Review of Progress, except @Hello_KayT presumably because she published both a MICRO and a HotOS paper this year. I’m speechless. If nothing else tells you how UW treats women who complain, this tells you everything. I would give them a needs improvement on .. sexism.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

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• gifv: This smells great.

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

I encountered this absolutely stunning goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) in my roses this evening. I’ve never seen one in person before and this felt so special! I can’t get over how gorgeous she is. 😍🌹🕷️

I tried not to bother her too much, but she was definitely unamused by my camera all up in her business. 😅 Sorry lady! I hope you enjoy your stay and that you find lots of snacks! 🥰

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

I could do with some regime change right here.

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

A few people asked me about the photo gear I use. I did a short thread on that a while back. https://federate.social/@mattblaze/111218509478918596

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club ("Ludic 🧛") wrote:

Great news everyone! Thomas Ptacek at Fly.io published "My AI Skeptic Friends Are Nuts", and it was shoved in front of me enough times that I have sentenced him to a swift death. Godspeed, Thomas, I pray that your incineration is speedy and painless.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Truck@icosahedron.website ("Sir Garbagetruck") wrote:

oh crap it's ... well it's #demosunday in some areas of the planet still.

Here's Muoto from Traction and Brainstorm.

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

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

Ian Macolm voice: "C, uh, finds a way."

https://github.com/tsoding/crust

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
b_rain@troet.cafe ("b-rain") wrote:

Don't let people shame you into reading the "right books". Just take recommendations ❤️
#lesen #reading #booklist #humor #meme

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

now why does this seem so familiar?

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• video: e5add8087075463a.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"The risks of poorly considered and unilateral decisions by the White House are devastating, risking thousands—if not millions—of deaths. The Founders gave us tools to prevent that sort of outcome."

~ Ben Raderstorf

#Trump #Iran #war
/10

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-iran-strike-shows-the-urgent

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

I wrote about the second strangulation of the Voice of America hours before the US attack on Iran. The piece was quoted by AP and BBC. It's even more relevant now considering that VOA Farsi has been reduced to a skeleton. https://newsguy.substack.com/p/zombie-version-of-voa-slain-again

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
k3fnb@mastodon.radio ("Eric K3FNB (they/them)") wrote:

I think it took me roughly 25 hours split over 5 evenings to build. I took it really slow and checked and double checked everything. The biggest mistakes were made last night when I was pushing myself to finish it after spending the morning in the heat on a Coffee and POTA activation. That was risky.

If you want to build one. Take the advice on this video and only build it when you're well rested and with a clear focus. The build isn't hard, just long.

https://youtu.be/pBZ%5FSXO-LlM?si=ClWSgBmPlfi-hOQN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SnowshadowII@beige.party ("SnowshadowII :maple:") wrote:

⚠️ RED DRESS ALERT 🇨🇦 ⚠️

Please Boost--thanks

👉 Info in Alt Text or
in link here https://www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingpersons/victoria-5105

#MMIW #MMIWG
#EveryChildMatters #NoMoreStolenSisters
#Pinks
#Indigenous

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

#glitterbomb #ICE #chingalamigra

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
quantensalat@astrodon.social ("Alexander Knochel") wrote:

#physics deep stuff 1/2

Electrical resistance is not the first quantity that comes to mind when thinking about the deep fundamental laws of nature - it's very much associated with materials science.
Yet, there are two places where it occurs in fundamental physics, even winning a Nobel prize:

Space itself has an impedance given by the ratio of electric and magnetic fields in a wave - it's roughly 377 Ohms. In fact, antennas can be thought of as impedance matching contraptions.

#electronics /

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

I somehow stumbled into a corner of youtube with Japanese DJs playing sets in various locations. I enjoyed this one quite a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvz1xAPRQXc

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Unixbigot@aus.social ("Kit Bashir") wrote:

“void? Are you there”

「always」

“I’m sorry I haven’t screamed in a while”

「it’s ok. that’s probably good for you, actually」

“Heh, I guess so. Do you get a lot of screams?”

「more every day」

“Does that get you down? Do voids get down?”

「not at all. screams help to give distinctiveness to each point of infinity. a bit like solving a maze in zork」

“You play Zork?!”

「not for years」

“Would you like to? Now? Together?”

「it is a single player game」

“I’ll read the rooms and you give me the moves. Would you like that?”

「yes, I would like that very much」

“This is an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.”

#tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot