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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SKleefeld ("Sean Kleefeld") wrote:

When I was a kid, I sometimes wondered how a sprinkler "knew" how to change directions without being powered with electronics. I think it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I came across this GIF and I realized how insanely genius a simple sprinkler really is.

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Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou, PhD") wrote:

Help me settle a debate: How often do you edit SVG markup by hand?

Things that count:
✅ Hand editing output from graphics editors (e.g. Illustrator)
✅ Hand-editing SVG you copied from elsewhere (e.g. icons)
✅ Using low-level abstractions (e.g. the SVG DOM) to dynamically modify or output SVG

Things that don't count:
❌ Copying and pasting an SVG icon without editing anything
❌ Including an SVG file whose markup you haven't touched on a page
❌ Generating SVG via high-level abstractions like D3

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

You own more than 75,000 books. Yes, they are yours! Come get them!

https://www.gutenberg.org/

#Ebooks #PublicDomain

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

Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes C suits are the worse ones. They just think one quarter and how much stock is going up. That is all.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

This is in reaction to that article by Tim Bray.

"The real problem with the AI hype"

https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/the-real-problem-with-AI/

I wrote that 6 months ago.

#FrugalComputing

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

Hey, if you're looking for signed books from me right now, I signed a genuinely large number of several popular titles at the Big Ohio Book Con the other weekend, and now you can get them here:

https://www.blackcatmedina.com/big-ohio-book-con

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

"Palantir corporation’s software will be used to combine data gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, the administration wants access to citizens’ and others’ bank account numbers and medical claims.

The regime will not limit the purpose of its growing internal police apparatus to deporting undocumented people. "

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catileptic@chaos.social ("Alex Ștefănescu") wrote:

I want to expand my connections in The Netherlands. I'm looking for communities collectives, affinity groups that center human rights, digital rights, queerness. Maybe political hacking, since hacking is political. ^^

I'm based nearby the Hague.

My dream is to join or start or nurture a co-working / co-thinking space.

Feel free to DM me or reply publicly if you're in the area and would like to chat. Or if you have any recommendations.

Boosting for outreach is also appreciated.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
continuation@mas.to ("M. Arjuna") wrote:

🚨 This is literally textbook Aryanization

- State violence causes economic distress
- The targeted group forced to sell assets
- Non-targeted people get a 'deal'
- Economic incentives align with persecution

We have seen this before.
It is happening NOW in the United States.

Screenshot of a Twitter/X post by Nathan Halberstadt (@NatHalberstadt) with verified checkmark, posted July 5, 2025, with 105.9K views. The main post text reads: "Remigration comes with all these nice little unexpected surprises." The post contains a large image of a blue Ford pickup truck (appears to be from the 1970s) parked in a rural field with bare trees in the background. The truck has a white front grille and white wall tires. Below the image is a quoted tweet from tate brown (@realTateBrown) with verified checkmark, also from July 5, which reads: "ICE raids have been a complete game changer for the used truck market. Get on facebook marketplace before the market recorrects" The post shows engagement metrics: 15 comments, 270 retweets, 3.9K likes, and 132 bookmarks. There are standard Twitter interaction buttons for reply, retweet, like, bookmark, and share at the bottom.

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

And tragically predictable.

#ProLifeMyAss, Trump, Vought, Musk

‪Joyce White Vance‬:

Even if #Trump is forced to renew funding & restaff Natl Weather Service & NOAA as a result of the Texas floods (a big if) we now live in a world with #Musk’s irrational #Project2025-based cuts in place. People will have to die before cuts are restored. Blue states may be out of luck.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
adaofgreengables@eldritch.cafe ("✨ justada :polish_cow:") wrote:

​It is done. I finished making the CNC machine. It draws circuits on a copper plate, just how i wanted. It is rare for me to finish a project. I'm so incredibly happy about it :blob_melt_sob_love:
The machine is still in kind of a rough shape. I will make proper power circuit and maybe a bluetooth for serial. Other then that, it is ready to be used :bowsette_blonde:

(Part 7: Finished)

#diy #cnc #arduino #electronics​

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
kate@aus.social ("Kate Bowles") wrote:

Fundraiser for librarian LaVonnia Moore who has lost her job for supporting her community’s inclusive choice, in the madness of what the US has become. It will take so many acts of courage like this one.

“Libraries are one of the very few public spaces left for everybody. We empower voices. We make room for the whole community.”

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavonnia-moore-seek-justice-and-equality

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wilkowskidom ("Dominik Wilkowski") wrote:

I’ve written up a tutorial I’ve given to a couple friends and colleges #teaching them #Rust and it’s been a lot of fun.

It’s 4 parts and starts here:

https://dominik-wilkowski.com/posts/learning-rust-by-building-the-old-terminal-game-beast-from-1984-part-1/

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

We already live in a world filled with wonderful natural intelligences that we denigrate and disrespect. We shouldn't aspire to add artificial ones to that.

We have work to do, but not in making new classes of subjugated beings (or new classes of venerated ones for that matter).

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

Do not work to create a mind for others if that is possibly their motivation.

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

Do not try to create a mind if your motivation is to enslave it or worship it.

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

The Jonas Brothers for sure

https://share.google/wKMdin3JkgBexKL25

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
DS90210 ("Deep Space 90210") wrote:

Ezri: All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you’re anxious.

Ezri: All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you’re anxious.

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🐝") wrote:

try this power exit in your next meeting

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
paulschoe@mastodon.world ("Paul Schoe") wrote:

From this article about how bad life was before vaccines:

'Out of the nearly 2 million children who received the vaccine in 1955, only one died. Every corner of the U.S. had victims before the vaccine.

Even my tiny grade school of 100 children in 1950s Nebraska had two polio victims, one of them known as “Skippy” for his gait with braces, and both dragged themselves around while the rest of us screamed and chased each other on the playground.'

@jalefkowit
#Vaccines #Polio #NeverAgain

This is a black and white photograph depicting a therapy session for children affected by polio. In the foreground, two young children are shown from behind, both wearing metal leg braces extending from their hips down to their feet. They are holding onto parallel bars, which are common equipment for gait training and physical therapy. The child on the right is holding a large, two-toned (likely black and white or dark and light) inflatable ball in front of them, using it to lean against the parallel bars. Behind the two children, a woman in a white uniform, resembling a nurse or therapist, is bending over and assisting them. She has short, dark hair and is wearing a white dress or uniform with short sleeves, and a patch (possibly a Red Cross or medical symbol) on her right sleeve. Her expression is focused and caring as she looks at the children. To the right side of the image, a large mirror reflects the scene. In the reflection, we can see the front of the woman assisting, and the back of the child on the right, still holding the ball and wearing braces. Another child's reflection is also visible in the mirror, slightly behind and to the right of the first two, also wearing braces and looking towards the ball. The overall tone of the image is one of medical care, determination, and the challenges faced by children undergoing physical rehabilitation.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

“Joni Mitchell, who didn’t have a choice whether to take the vaccine because it didn’t exist when she was exposed, contracted polio at age 9. She writes: ‘If [polio] eats the muscles of the heart, it kills you; if it eats the muscles that control the flexing of your lungs, you end up in an iron lung; if it eats the muscle of your leg, it withers.’ She began to sing and write songs while in the hospital for polio in her spine. Mitchell has had post-polio syndrome for the past 30 years. That’s a long time to suffer for a decision somebody else made for you.”

https://slate.com/life/2025/07/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-autism-hhs.html

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gnome@floss.social ("GNOME") wrote:

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab (@osuosl) has supported major open source projects for over 20 years. 🖥️🌍

Now they need your help to keep going.
Learn more and consider donating: https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
appleinsider ("AppleInsider") wrote:

Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac/tips/how-to-stop-your-lg-or-samsung-smart-tv-from-tracking-you?utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ArRo@troet.cafe ("Armin Rohde") wrote:

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
NationCymru@toot.wales ("Nation.Cymru") wrote:

Welsh university researchers develop biodegradable batteries to power the future of medical implants
#News

https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-university-researchers-develop-biodegradable-batteries-to-power-the-future-of-medical-implants/

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
lukito@gamedev.lgbt ("Lukito") wrote:

A timely reminder that we on this small island have some clinically batshit place names :neofox_googly:

A road sign indicating the name of the village "Bishop's Itchington”
A road sign indicating the village of "Barton in the Beans,” a speed limit of 30 mph, and a warning of a crossroads ahead.
A roadside sign that reads "Come to -Good," with a distance of 0.5 miles indicated.
A street sign reading "TITTY-HO.”

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay") wrote:

A piechart, but for Hotel California 🌴

An illustration titled "Dark Desert Highway" features a large pie chart divided into slices, each filled with different colors. The chart summarizes themes from a song, with specific lyrics corresponding to each color. The background is deep purple, representing the dark highway, while the brown and yellow sections depict the road. Text labels identify themes like "cool wind," "warm smell," and thoughts about a mission bell.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mxshift@treehouse.systems ("Rick Altherr") wrote:

That person the reverse engineer the Microchip CLB? He did a whole project using the CLBs to create a time-to-digital converter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQA89V9lAonxGPTtCKu4LObzSHyTk-gakk%5Flph7WlV8y94fRNXltXDVaNxafzX%5FsYIuslnAerhjTfH0/pub

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

Every “log in with Facebook” button and every “Sign in with Google” pop-up you encounter is Big Tech trying to better connect our social graphs. We all know that.

But it's also the #OpenAI eye scanner straight from a Black Mirror episode. Can you imagine if the Orb gained mass adoption coupled with a chat bot that people confide in?

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

I'm not waiting for the judgement of history, I'm judging these motherfuckers harshly right now