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jwz wrote:

Under Attack, Please Stand By.

My server is getting absolutely obliterated by AI scrapers today. Load is 140+ and I just manually banned 58,000 IP addresses.

Top ten user agents: ...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqJ

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
technomancy@hey.hagelb.org wrote:

new fediverse theme song just dropped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8We8HChN3a8

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

Computers use only two digits: zero and one. But now, with the discovery of five additional digits by a team of MIT researchers, this could change

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

"The American people cannot believe a word you say" because of election denialism and adjudicated lies, Rep. Stanton (D-AZ) tells Kari Lake (who twice lost statewide elections in Arizona).

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

"Lies are being told on the Voice of America," USAGM de facto boss Kari Lakes tells HFAC without providing any examples.

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

This abstract photo, captured inside a lighthouse with a small 35mm-format mirrorless camera and a 50mm lens, is mostly a visual pun on the concept of a lighthouse, as well as a study in diagonal and radiating lines.

It was very tight quarters, especially with the tripod. But a tripod was essential here (less for sharpness - at 1/3000 sec - than for composition and framing).

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

Lighthouse, 2014.

Several additional pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/15393439037

#photography

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

Who can possibly believe this overly-complex tangle of cartilage, bone, and ligaments could have been intelligently designed? Not me.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/25/i-done-gone-did-it-again/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

She loves cardboard.

#CatsOfMastodon

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

Not a good way to die.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/25/lobsters-ok-but-please-dont-boil-the-bison/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Gen Z: "This website has bad UX!"
Boomers: "This website stole my identity!"
The website: a PDF.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Congrats to NYC and Zamdani! It’s nice to see the corrupt disgraced politician lose for a change. Here’s hoping for more of that in all of our futures.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
osman@hachyderm.io ("Osman") wrote:

I don't know who needs to hear this, but @internetarchive has the complete set of Carl Sagan's 1980s Cosmos series online for free.

https://archive.org/details/CosmosAPersonalVoyage

#astronomy #space #carlsagan

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Yay Zohran Mamdani!

#uspol

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

Every Apple TV+ series is about a middle aged man who loses his wife. What are the focus groups telling these producers?? Lol

#appletv

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
caseyliss ("Casey Liss") wrote:

🤮

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@caseyliss The sad part is I got this same notification and it didn't even register to me as something to be disappointed at because I'm already so overwhelmed with notification spam that I swiped it away before pausing to think about it.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
hleb ("Dr. Zilch") wrote:

#ai #meme

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

I'm pretty sure most of us had the whole "no biting" thing sorted out in preschool

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DLTfb63ucp1

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
latte@mastodon.online ("a new hope :blobcatcoffee:") wrote:

apparently today is #makeaterriblecomicday2025, which is my excuse to draw something (terribly) indulgent

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
marcoarment ("Marco Arment") wrote:

This is a core system app interrupting you, promoting a sale by a movie-ticketing company, to push you to go see the platform vendor’s new movie.

Why not just pop up random ads all the time, always creating new channels that everyone’s opted-into by default so you can never keep up with opting out of them all?

Oh wait, that’s already what happens.

Apple’s as bad as everyone else. They don’t respect their customers — we’re fodder.

They truly have no standards anymore.
https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss/114738626109660386

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

Uh, I think I WPT'd too hard.

jwz wrote:

Bezos moves wedding after threat of inflatable alligators.

Protesters in Venice are claiming an "enormous victory" after US tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wedding guests were forced to "run away" from the city centre, moving their main...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqG

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

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:

In Boynton Beach for example, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at Hunters Run Country Club with access to a resort-style pool and high-end amenities is selling for just $10,000. The owner paid $60,000 for it in 2001. It's now worth $3 per square-foot.

On Marco Island, a one-bedroom, two-bathroom condo complete with water access at Sunrise Bay Resort is listed for $9,000.

In contrast, a newer build nearby on Marco Island with an oceanfront entrance is selling for $629,000.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ARISS_Intl@mastodon.hams.social ("ARISS - Amateur Radio on ISS") wrote:

Axiom Mission 4 is planning to launch in just a few hours!

The crew has 6 amateur radio contacts with STEM groups in the works. Watch for detailed dates and times as the mission gets underway.

Boosted by jwz:
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

Somewhere Barbara Streisand can heave a huge sigh of relief. It will henceforth be known as "the Vance effect."

#JDVance #fascism #couchfucker

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:

Please stop sharing this picture of JD Vance. The Vice President is not happy that it's going viral. JD's wife told reporters he is so upset that he hasn't left the couch all day. He's so distraught that he won't even let her go in the room.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Amazon bought Goodreads and turned it into a dumpster fire where "reviewers" trash books even before galleys and review copies are sent out. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-hit-by-bad-reviews-on-goodreads-before-review-copies-are-even-circulated

It's a shame, because Goodreads was a valuable service for authors and readers back when...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Kyle Cheney:

👀 Among the documents a magistrate in California is demanding the Trump administration produce:

-Sworn declarations by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewnadowski about whether they discussed TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians on their personal devices. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.444868/gov.uscourts.cand.444868.220.0.pdf