Mastodon Feed: Posts

jwz wrote:

A shocking discovery... this works, kinda:

swayidle -w timeout 60 "/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gfx &" resume "killall xscreensaver-gfx" &

That will give you a minimally-functional screen saver under Wayland + XWayland...

https://jwz.org/b/ykpz

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Inside you there are two wolves, and they are always fighting one another. One is hate and ignorance, and the other is love and acceptance.

Which wolf wins? The one whose blog you read, whose podcast you listen to, and whose software you run.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Imagine how much good someone like David Heinemeier Hansson could do if he only believed in things like inclusion and compassion. Imagine the kind of positive influence he could have across various spaces, online and off, and how very different things might be across large swaths of developer-centric communities.

I won‘t link to it, but just three days into Pride Month he wrote a disgusting transphobic piece. I only just now saw it when someone shared it with me (he’s not in my feed reader, because I generally avoid reading garbage).

DHH is the reason that I’m never surprised when I encounter a transphobic Rails dev. He models this behavior intentionally, and his followers readily emulate it. He’s made hate trendy for an entire subset of web developers. What a pathetic disappointment of a person he is.

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

HE'S FUCKING WELSH?

I mean, "Evans," yes, fine, stupid me, I guess

Anyway, happy Official Irishness to you, Edge

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/23/u2-guitarist-the-edge-becomes-irish-citizen-after-62-years-in-the-country

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
stevegis_ssg@mas.to ("Steve Gisselbrecht") wrote:

I want to share a fun tidbit about insects and metamorphosis. I'm a biologist and I think this is really cool, but I do also recognize that a lot of regular people would find this pretty gross, so I'm gonna put all the subsequent posts in this thread behind a content warning.

So, as a kid I learned about insect metamorphosis. You see a caterpillar and a cocoon or chrysalis and then a butterfly. (e.g.) And a butterfly's body sort of looks like a caterpillar, if you don't look too close. (…)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
gemlog@tilde.zone ("Kermode") wrote:

Thousands of asteroids and millions of galaxies shine in first images from the largest camera ever built
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-observatory-first-images

@Maya @evilscientistca @sundogplanets

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

I have an app that helps me gamify my daily tasks and today I had what I consider a "perfect game"—A no-hitter. A triple double. A hundred yard game.

Big news for an asshole-of-a-brain that is the most executive of all executive dysfunction.

Might fuck around and eat some salad today.

#ADHD

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

GO! GO GOOMBA!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/07-05.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #supermariobros93 #cyberdelia #8bitsf #crashfaster #chiptunes #videogamemusic #electrorock #burlesque #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• video: 8c511f47f47d8317.mp4

jwz wrote:

The ICE List: Crowdsourced database of individuals involved in deportations, ICE operations, and associated abuses. The ICE List is a public, open-source effort to document the people responsible for enforcing deportation, separating families, and...
https://jwz.org/b/ykpx

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

Second-order things to learn:

- the way browsers work isn't static, but it also isn't changing that fast. Learn as much as you can and update every few years; particularly about networking and the rendering loop.
- JS is the slowest way to do *anything* on the web. Never let it become the way you do everything.
- a11y isn't nice-to-have, it's the job
- shipping fast almost never matters as much as quality, & there are simple heuristics you can use to understand the difference

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

Things I would like every young web engineer to learn:

- anything you can do in CSS + HTML, you *should* do in CSS + HTML
- *framework du jour* is not a platform, it's a high-interest loan against your future capacity. The platform is the platform
- understanding the memory hierarchy *always* matters
- client-side isn't easier than the server, and "generalists" usually suck at client-side. Mind the (packet) gap
- managers who are not technical are not useful
- put users first, always

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

get in Good Trouble:

https://mobilize.us/s/IQqtdv

Boosted by jwz:
glasspusher@beige.party ("glasspshr") wrote:

fellow wonkeratti hvdv sends this report from Oakland:

#ChunderRoad #ice

Boosted by jwz:
scalzi ("Scalzi") wrote:

This lion has seen some shit, y'all

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ufwupdates@union.place ("UFW") wrote:

We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.

We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
da_667@infosec.exchange wrote:

@catsalad

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Viss wrote:

@da_667 @catsalad

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

@fromjason @necrophcodr I think cost is leading us there right now. There’s a reason cloud gaming is being pushed, and especially given that LLMs are so hard to run locally, I’d argue that we’re on track for that future already.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

I had the pleasure of talking to Anika Collier Navaroli about building tech that honors our elders, in the spirit of putting our own ideas of the tech we want forward rather than constantly being put in the position of fighting the broligarchy's dumpster fires.

https://techpolicy.press/through-to-thriving-honoring-our-elders-with-dr-timnit-gebru

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

Now that theaters make you reserve your seats there's no reason to arrive early and sit through commercials, especially since you can watch trailers on YouTube

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DLQRzEzuLwM

Boosted by jwz:
alatiera ("Jordan Petridis") wrote:

On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

I can't believe I needed to write this but here we are.

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/06/23/the-fascist-maggots/

Boosted by jwz:
ryanwatkins wrote:

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

I need to update my #blogroll. I have so many cool personal websites sitting in my bookmarks 😭

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

“Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were U.S. citizens” and detained or arrested many more. “ICE has not implemented a reliable system to track and correct its mistakes.” (Or: the purpose of a system is what it does.) https://migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-deported-at-least-70-us-citizens

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Jaden3 wrote:

You my age and black police automatically think yall in a gang. I ain't capping!

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

We could see a world of thin client devices where compute is off-loaded to the cloud, as a matter of law. AI models would be restricted to data center kingdoms owned by a small handful of companies.

I'm not suggesting this is a premeditated plan, but an outcome driven by opportunists who see a world where local compute is outlawed and we're all paying monthly for compute. #openai #ai #Chatgpt

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

Not to dwell on things unlikely to happen but allow me to dwell:

Are we not in danger of computing power being regulated out of the hands of the average person?

Stay with me.

God forbid we had an attack in the name of, or assisted by, AI, how would our politicians respond?

Might they call for regulation on compute, and wouldn't that be just perfect for the four companies who want us all tethered to their data infrastructure? #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

A federal judge today chastised the lone government lawyer representing the US Agency for Global Media for failing to keep the court informed of further destruction of the Voice of America. No ruling but the judge suggested he is likely to order relief for the VOA plaintiffs following the submission of additional filings from both parties.

Attachments:

• video: d376478217ad8a43.mp4

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

The "AI is god" trend is something we should all be taking seriously. I'm not sure what that entails, nor am I sure how we can ask people to pay attention to this considering everything else happening in the world right now.

I do know @timnitGebru and co. deserves all the recognition. They told us something like this would happen. #OpenAI #ChatGPT #aI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCynxiV%5F8I

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

One of those days. #grickledoodle #sun #heatwave #cartoon #art #drawing #funny