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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Mary-Kate is sad because she knows it will be soon. Ashley is amused because she knows it will be auto-erotic asphyxiation.

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

I've switched from using `cron` to the `at` utility for scheduling @helpingfriendlybot to run during shows, and it's kind of fascinating how different its mental model is. I kind of want to write about it

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
janelith@hol.ogra.ph ("Janet") wrote:

@adam@social.lol @danielpunkass@mastodon.social @zicklepop@nyan.lol Yes, it is quite literally how he wants to spend his energy https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114767663334522032

He puts "punk" in his username to pretend to be something he clearly isnt.

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

@danielpunkass @zicklepop In a conversation about the number 88 being problematic, we should all endeavor to be on the side that denounces dogwhistles, not the side that tries to explain them away or justify them. Come on, man, is this really how you want to spend your energy?

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

@johnbrayton No, but I’ll set the record straight. Vincent Ritter started this in May of last year, and then Manton involved himself by disparaging me when I was defending someone from Vincent’s transphobic attacks. This is a fact.

In January, I pointed out that Vincent was supporting Elon Musk following a blatant display of fascism. Manton again inserted himself in that discussion, defending Vincent. This is a fact.

Both times, Manton wasn’t involved at all until he chose to insert himself into the discussion and attack me for doing nothing more than calling out hate and fascism where I see it. This is a fact.

Last week there was some discussion about the number 88 on Manton’s website. It’s a known Nazi dogwhistle. It’s not a good look. I pointed out that it’s not a good look, especially given past support for another person who openly supports fascist behaviors and ideologies. Texas has had 90 state parks for years now. It’s a choice to display 88 there. This is a fact.

I will not apologize for sharing facts. I will not apologize for standing up against fascism at a time when it’s on the rise globally. I will not back down from what I believe in, which is the complete and total opposite of fascism in all of its forms. And I definitely won’t ever do what you’re doing now: sympathizing and excuse-making while ignoring the real issues.

This is a bad look on you, John. It’s your choice to attack someone taking a stance against fascism, but it’s one that people will see and remember. You don’t have to like me, or agree with me, or change your mind as a result of anything I say or do. But to take a clear stance on the side of fascism-adjacent stuff and against the guy saying “this is bad” is certainly your choice to make.

@danielpunkass @manton

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

Precisionism, a roughly century-old modernist American art movement related to cubism, is a strong influence here. Its practitioners included Joseph Stella, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Demuth. Paul Strand was probably the most prominent precisionist photographer.

Precisionism is concerned with structure and geometry as well as the relationship between humans, machines, and the industrial landscape.

I'm interested in how the precisionists might interpret the world as it's become today.

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

These (de-electrified) catenary wires were captured with a Sinar P camera and a 240mm lens on Polaroid 55 film (scanned) along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's "high line" in west Philadelphia near the university.

This abstract composition references a 1936 painting, "Electrification", by precisionist artist Ralston Crawford; see https://hirshhorn.si.edu//collection/artwork/?edanUrl=edanmdm:hmsg%5F72.75

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

De-electrification, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

All the pixels, each with a tiny "high voltage" sign, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/2155416560/

#photography

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I'm struggling with the heat.

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

Regardless of his motives, Daniel Jalkut’s behavior isn’t helping anyone or anything, least of all himself. As I told him a couple of days ago, I admire him for wanting to stick up for his friends, but it’s sad to see him choosing to do that with the same vitriol that he denounces in others.

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

I don’t know what Daniel wants. Maybe he just wants to lash out at me. Maybe he really does want me “banned from Mastodon” (as he requested of its founder!) for having opinions about people and standing up for our community. Maybe he wants to sick his thousands of followers on me (and I’ve already started to see some if the worst of the Mac/iOS dev folks in my inbox following his posts). Maybe he just wants to bully a less popular, less successful indie dev.

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

He started with this two days ago, and I responded to him then. I told him that I was moving on, and also told him that I didn’t want to escalate things further.

https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114758920344595418

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

This is really disappointing. Daniel Jalkut, the creator of MarsEdit, has decided to stir up a bunch of nonsense and insert himself into a conflict that doesn’t even involve him. Just as the flames have been dying out, he’s rushing in to flame them.

https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114763706442837245

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jensorensen ("Jen Sorensen") wrote:

A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment

#comic #cartoon #uspol #travel #firstamendment #privacy

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

folks are out having Sunday breakfast

jwz wrote:

Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony.

Venice, Italy: In a welcome bag filled with favors such as local chocolates, artisanal soaps, and scented candles, guests arriving for the wedding of Amazon founder...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqM

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crk5@layer8.space ("crkⓋ") wrote:

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

Drink Special @ Riddim Highrise (Pride Edition): BLUE LIVES MURDER: Tito's Vodka, Ginger Ale, Splash of Blue Curaçao, Decorative Lime.

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

Drink special for Eden: live, laugh, Luigi -- Tito's vodka, redbull, splash of cran.

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jwz wrote:

It's midnight and the DJs have just requested 24 Red Bulls. A pallet of Red Bull.

My children, that is too much Red Bull for you this late at night. Can I interest you in a gross of pixie stix instead?

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
andreabettini@mastodon.uno ("Andrea Bettini") wrote:

Rilevati 46°C ieri in Spagna, un dato senza precedenti nel paese nel mese di giugno

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
dec_hl ("SuperIlu") wrote:

What the fuck is this?? 😡
Do designers even use cups??
Can we please stop throwing fancy designs at every day objects people need to use??!!
That cup is so volatile that it nearly tilts over by the weight of the tea bag string!

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

Stump. I never know what and how to shoot when on a forest trail. This photo is probably the best one from our recent outing, but it's still kind of dull.

#darktable #pnw

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Any serious discussion of current Supreme Court opinions must start from the recognition that Court is lawless. It is as if high energy physicists starting conducting their work according to astrology without being honest about the shift. This wouldn’t be bad physics; it wouldn’t be physics at all. But they might be able to bamboozle non-physicists. So honest physicists of integrity would have to keep exposing the sham. 7/

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ridetheory ("Ride Theory") wrote:

@onmywalk @pluralistic

"If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal."

-- WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Nicholas Grossman") wrote:

There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

I’m gonna take my horse to the
Pink Pony Club
I’m gonna keep on dancing
’til I can’t no more

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

just what I need more of

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tolmasky ("Francisco Tolmasky") wrote:

Fashion is the state an industry degrades to once all the available innovation has been exhausted.

It is the "white dwarf" conclusion for fields with insufficient justifiable change to provide an indefinite source of legitimate novelty. The term we use to identify the fields that defy this destiny is "technology".

If you want to understand Apple's insistence on a yearly update schedule, you must first understand that Apple no longer sees their software as *technology*, but rather as *fashion*.

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

@tknarr @jlundell The electoral college is simply not gerrymandering as the word is understood by literally everyone who uses it in a professional context. I’m done. I’m really not interested in arguing with people about the definitions of commonly understood words.