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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

I'll be trotting out my hopefully fun and zaney, completely analog #othernetworks lecture-performance here in Boulder Sept. 9th - come join the fun if you're around! 20 copies of Other Networks will also be for sale at the event. and thank you @ntnsndr‬ for making this happen 💚 https://calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/14949129

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor. “He has betrayed the very system that made his success possible; the system in which he and a handful of others like him have profited disproportionately relative to their contribution.” https://www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andreessen-is-a-traitor/

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

Do you ever wonder if the val.town folks regret not calling it "var.town"? Or "let.town"? Or is "let.town" too close too "letdown"?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vapaad@wandering.shop ("desert dirtbag abby version") wrote:

my first raspberry lemonade sunflower bloomed! I got the seeds at a local seed swap so I didn't know what to expect, but I love it!

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

To any Austrailians being misinforned by Sky News, please know that Europe is just fine.

The fact that Sky News has found some social media clips of a few criminals committing crimes in Spain and France does obviously not mean that a continent of 744 million people “has fallen”. All it means is, Australia needs better media.

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

Captured on a short hike with a small mirrorless camera, 35mm lens, lightweight tripod, and enough neutral density for a roughly 30 second exposure.

Flowing water is a subject that lends itself to motion studies that reveal what our unaided eye can't see, controlled by exposure time. At 1/3000 sec, every drop of water freezes in place. At 30 seconds, we see smooth, cloud-like structures that obscure individual perturbations. Only at around 1/30 sec does the camera see what we do.

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

Tanner Creek, OR, 2011.

All the pixels, none of the nature, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5892599507/

#photography

Boosted by Mastodon:
MastodonEngineering ("Mastodon Engineering") wrote:

Our monthly #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update is out. Looking back at June: behind the scenes on the 4.4 release, as well as all the other things the team has been working on. 🎇 https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/trunk-tidbits-june-2025/

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

Fortunately books aren't crap

RE: https://www.threads.com/@charliejaneanders/post/DMIt9f6pBks

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

I can see how this is Scorsese's first Emmy nod in acting; I'm mildly surprised at it being Ron Howard's, however. Did being Richie Cunningham for years and years mean nothing?

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DMIwFJ5OvT3

jwz wrote:

Has the W3C RSS validator started blocking AWS? It works when I load it from home but from my server I always get 429. For a couple weeks now.
https://jwz.org/b/ykrO

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

I think I got this invitation to collaborate by mistake.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/i-might-change-my-mind-if-it-literally-gives-you-wings/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wabitronics ("Wabitronics") wrote:

Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/

#wabisabi #electronics #robotics #itp #moma #empathy

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

Good God. A restaurant uses AI to generate menu and this is what it reads.

Source: Restaurants shouldn't use AI for description https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1lzmx3o/restaurants%5Fshouldnt%5Fuse%5Fai%5Ffor%5Fdescription/

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

I mean, if electronic signatures are not legally binding then all the rights to every book I've written in the last decade are instantly reverting to me, and as interesting as that might be to contemplate, let's just say I'm not expecting that anytime soon

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lead-investigator-james-comer-biden-autopen-digital-signature-rcna216719

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

What if I'm fucking tired of being deferentially fair to abominations?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/to-be-fair/

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

"I gave you a pardon, now get in line and say this"

RE: https://www.threads.com/@kenklipp/post/DMIZ8JuqVZf

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

"Emergence" must be short for "emergency".

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/emergence/

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Another Jojo doodle! This time Jolyne Cujoh! I somehow saw slight similarities with Sailor Moon during her transformation sequence, so I turned her shirt print into a brooch and her Stand ability into the ribbons surrounding her.

#mastoArt #sketchbook #sketchbookDrawing #watercolors #watercolorMarkers #JojosBizarreAdventure #JolyneCujoh #JolyneKujo #IsThatAJojoReference

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

If you're not listening to Open Mike Eagle, now is a good time to start

RE: https://www.threads.com/@open%5Fmike%5Feagle/post/DMIYsb3RlCt

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

Please stop sending me Pascal's wager. It only makes you look like an idiot.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/an-aurelian-wager/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
11ty@neighborhood.11ty.dev ("Eleventy 🎈 v3.1.2") wrote:

https://htmlforpeople.com/ is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆

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

I'm only human. Sometimes I like seeing right-wingers in misery.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/gossip-time/

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

The worst thing you can do to a Cybertruck owner is simply to not acknowledge the car. They hate it lmao

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
santiago@framapiaf.org ("Santiago") wrote:

The @freexian team discussing with other #Debian fellows at the #Debusine BoF. #DebConf25

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
stefanhoeltgen ("µP") wrote:

ATASCOIID: A 998 Byte "big" #BreakOut for the #Atari800, just published by Frederik Holst for the @abbuc Software Competition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ffy4TXI-c

#RetroComputing #RetroGaming

Boosted by jwz:
CORVUSPHERE@todon.eu (":crow:CORVUSPHERE :crow:") wrote:

In today's picture: Corvus crassirostris (known as thick-billed raven). #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusCrassirostris #ThickBilledRaven :crow:

Boosted by jwz:
nateseubert ("Nate Seubert") wrote:

Yeah, I’m still working on this one. I’ve been fixing the leaves. They’re better, now.
#contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #newcontemporary #newcontemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #losangeles #surrealism #wip #workinprogress

Boosted by jwz:
flameReactor ("Flame Reactor") wrote:

Cavilian wiggles.

If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractalArt

Attachments:

• gifv: Fractal imagery.

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

I really love the multi-page view transitions on @geoff's blog:

https://geoffgraham.me/blog/