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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
esoastronomy ("ESO") wrote:

🚨 Astronomers have witnessed the dawn of a new solar system!

Using ALMA and JWST they observed the first specks of planet-forming material — hot minerals beginning to solidify around HOPS-315, a baby star 1300 light-years away.

This marks the first time a planetary system has been identified at such an early stage in its formation – a window to the past of our own Solar System.

https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2512a/

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

📷 ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MarvClowder@mstdn.jp ("Marv Clowder") wrote:

@CindyWeinstein

"Economist Paul Krugman points out that “two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses.”

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

that this is America in 2025 just plain breaks my heart

#ICE #50501

please
get in ‘Good Trouble’

https://youtu.be/ejLDQ32UvyQ?feature=shared

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
rosie_108@toot.wales wrote:

What was the person who invented square toilets trying to achieve? Corners in my thighs!? Fuck you, squoilet!

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

It's a plague of stupidity. Can we get a vaccine against ignorance?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/16/creationists-still-exist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHymwGWSfnA

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

Superman was OK, but it would have been truly great if he actually punched Donald Trump.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/16/superman-has-always-been-wokeand-goofy/

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

Finally Github #Copilot includes the definitive model were are all waiting for! #SciFi

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

Names of 20,000 children killed in Gaza by Israel to be read aloud at the Senedd
#News

https://nation.cymru/news/names-of-20000-children-killed-in-gaza-by-israel-to-be-read-aloud-at-the-senedd/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
kibcol1049@mstdn.social ("Col") wrote:

Naturalist Chris Packham comes for an unlikely target in a Guardian column: sheep!
More precisely, the presenter is fascinating on how unchecked grazing livestock is ruining the biodiversity of natural wonders like Dartmoor. “Where once there was purple heather, bilberry and buzzing insect life, there are now over-grazed, sheep-infested ecological disaster zones,” he writes.

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

Just published a new section on my site to capture references to a lot of the essential web performance and fundamentals-oriented webdev resources I find myself continually directing folks to. Also, lots and lots of links to blogs I love:

https://infrequently.org/links/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
killick@dmv.community wrote:

Knowing how to tie a useful knot is a skill that doesn't get much attention outside of sailing and rock climbing, but although I do neither of those things, I like learning new knots. They come in handy in the garden, the kitchen, and any time I have to move something on or in a vehicle.

If you'd like to learn to be more handy with rope and string, I suggest this website, where you can learn new knots. You can easily go step by step, reverse, or even re-orient the knot to see how it looks from another angle. It's called "Animated Knots." They even have neckties!

https://www.animatedknots.com/

#knots

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

Every front-end shop should have this printed out in huge type somewhere in a high-traffic common area:

https://muan.co/posts/javascript

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

A billionaire saying they back politicians who will "make everyone have the stuff billionaires have instead of how they are going to eliminate billionaires" obliquely confesses that the primary thing billionaires have is nobody who tells them "no".

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

The next six weeks are going to be extraordinarily busy for me, between a massive day job project, a couple of larger personal things going on, and getting my new apprenticeship underway. Still going to be working on omg.lol and Neato stuff, but if I’m a little less visible or if email replies take a little longer to reach you, that’s why!

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
halcyonloon@retro.pizza ("Halcyon Loon") wrote:

Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.

Anyway of you need a UX designer/researcher who knows his way around government regulations, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

i'm learning how to put myself out there more when it comes to asking for support financially (thanks to @binarydigit & others), so please forgive me if this is a stumble!

to help support me while i'm unemployed, i'm trying something new: just opened an avenue to support me and my work through buymeacoffee.com. there's so much more i want to do. i doubt i could reach the point i could stop looking for work, but a girl can dream! in the meantime, this helps offset some of the out-of-pocket costs that my projects take and helps me code more (with less stress).

if you've enjoyed any of my work, blog posts, etc., consider tossing me a tip if you can. i know times are hard out here, so do not feel bad if you can't. no shame, no pressure.

thanks for indulging me, friends. <3

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

setting up for weekly voice net on 50.250MHz SSB 📡

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jamey@toot.cat ("Jamey Sharp") wrote:

Well, it's like I always say: I never claim to be consistent

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

This short post on the "inevitable" framing of discussions about AI made me nod in agreement through the whole text. Recommended reading!

https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

the longer you spend using software that does not make deliberate efforts to run your inner peace through a wood chipper in order to monetize it

the more jarring it is using something that does

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

@NfNitLoop and as we all know, they'll simply ignore any opting out and continue gathering data anyway.

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

React is load-bearing in most orgs in the sense that it's what binds terrible choices together tightly enough to keep them from being individually evaluated.

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

Well, Sameer finally got what he wanted: the end of an actually fast, actually secure counterpoint to Android.

CrOS can't make Android look like shit if CrOS also sucks:

https://www.theverge.com/news/706558/google-android-chromeos-combining-sameer-samat

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
rgadellaa ("Roderick Gadellaa") wrote:

I can't help but wonder how this new Android / Chrome OS hybrid is going to work on a 4 GB RAM laptop...

This screenshot was taken just after a reboot 🫣

https://www.theverge.com/news/706558/google-android-chromeos-combining-sameer-samat

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Complete with the disingenuous "wE vAlUe YoUr PrIvaCyyy~" at the top of the half page of boilerplate telling you that you have to OPT OUT of data collection.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Coworker shared an interesting web site with us on Slack today and, wow, if it isn't an example of modern #web #enshitification

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
dillo@fosstodon.org ("Dillo browser") wrote:

For those in the #OldComputerChallenge in need for a lightweight #web browser, #Dillo can be built from source in under 10 minutes from old CPUs (let us know otherwise).

We always welcome new pictures for the gallery: https://dillo-browser.github.io/gallery/

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

Hey Lazyfed, what's your favorite web development blog that you think not enough people read?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
egorod@illo.social ("Ego Rodriguez") wrote:

“For the sad actor, there was never a moment to take off his mask.” #queerartist #Illustration

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

And here's Planetary Science Institute's version of the press release: https://www.psi.edu/blog/object-discovered-orbiting-sun-in-sync-with-neptune/