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

PS: Also donated to my local NPR affiliate, for the same reason

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@dangillmor And defunding public broadcasting so there are fewer other avenues for information.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

The cancellation of Stephen Colbert's Late Show, and the defunding of public broadcasting are two sides of the same coin.

The rich and powerful do not want to be held accountable for their actions. Those who call them out will be silenced.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
icm@mastodon.sdf.org ("ICM") wrote:

We're in the process or lighting up our Thinking Machines CM-2 which uses a Symbolics 3670 LISP Machine as its programming front end. The CM-1 was introduced 40 years ago in 1985 and the CM-2 in 1987. While this CM-2 is a single quadrant, we plan to simulate a full CM-2 and have its iconic "deep thought" lights running. Here you can see our lamp panels displaying a clock. This work was done by Jeff Kaylin.

https://icm.museum

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #ai

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

Just had a half an hour long Teams call with a nice enough guy who just *wouldn't* believe me that I could filter a large amount of data into a much smaller set of data... and I can't help but think that if I had a penis, the call would have been 5 minutes long

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

Nice walk with the very charming @ChrisWere and his facial expressions ❤️

Attachments:

• video: f27c30a18c7e11dc.mp4

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

My mixed dahlias are starting to open.
#FlowersOnFriday

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
halcy@icosahedron.website ("halcy​ :icosahedron:") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjb2OhEQcU what a gorgeous visualization

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jasonsantamaria@typo.social ("Jason Santa Maria") wrote:

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“I am the punctuation mark of human frailty. I am the writer’s block, resolved mid-sentence.”

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-em-dash-responds-to-the-ai-allegations

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

It is surprising how much of my current work is deciding whether or not a given noun or noun phrase should be capitalized.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
badastro ("Phil Plait") wrote:

This may be one of the single greatest astronomy questions I've ever been asked:

Can you drink Saturn's rings?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-drink-saturns-rings/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

404 Media continues to punch waaaay above its weight: https://www.404media.co/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:

How can you include #OpenScience practices in your teaching? Read how two Dutch professors -- Elen Le Foll and Ewout Meijer, in linguistics and psychology respectively -- asked students to preregister their term-paper analyses. Interesting idea!
https://reproducibilitynetwork.nl/2025/07/15/preregistration-for-student-assignments/

#Preregistration

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ingalls@mstdn.ca ("Mark Ingalls") wrote:

With Congress cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I donated to my favourite US public media station (C89.5 in Seattle). I recommend others do the same to support public media in their communities!

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

Good news for folks with Early Access! You can now try daily builds of universal EFI ARM64 images at https://builds.elementary.io

These are install images for computers like M-series Macs and Raspberry Pi’s that support EFI firmware. Join Early Access for as little as $1/mo and give them a try!

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

@HopelessDemigod fascinating question, unexpected answers

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/54fe1a58-466d-425c-a171-ef293467031d

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SuffolkLITLab@esq.social wrote:

TL;DR: Meta declines to endorse the EU's AI code of practice, labeling its implementation as an over-reach in regulatory measures. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/meta-refuses-to-sign-eus-ai-code-of-practice/ #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dmirams ("Doug Mirams") wrote:

IKEA assembles an outdoor library on the Seine, blending books, community and serendipity https://www.trendwatching.com/innovations/ikea-assembles-an-outdoor-library-on-the-seine-blending-books-community-and-serendipity

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
clown@mstdn.social ("Fedi Clown") wrote:

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are.

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

We should have known Trump was a sleazy criminal, unsuited for office, long before the latest slimy revelation. The electorate ignored all the signs for decades, and I'm not impressed that we're finally seeing a few objections from MAGA.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/18/i-dont-want-to-talk-about-epstein-either/

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

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

Donated to my local PBS station because fuck this administration

https://www.pbs.org/

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

Just learned Neil Degrasse Tyson is #PuertoRican 🇵🇷

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

Everytime I think, I don’t really need my omg.lol address, I’ve already got too many self hosted static and dynamic websites around, @adam goes and does something like this and I remember why I like being part of this community.
https://social.lol/@adam/114868737392634690

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

Truth

https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone/114870932347008673

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chrisamaphone@hci.social ("chris martens") wrote:

i’ve taught students who are new to programming who try to justify their use of LLM code tools with self deprecation — “i’m bad at this”, “there’s no way i could ever figure it out on my own.” i wish i knew how to get through that the actual value your college tuition pays for is access to live human beings whose job it is to give you the kind of help you’re seeking from the LLM. that those human relationships are what give life meaning & there are so precious few opportunities to create them

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ansate@social.coop ("Melissa Santos") wrote:

#nonfiction
#bookclub

Is anyone up for a slow bookclub of We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-do-this-til-we-free-us-abolitionist-organizing-and-transforming-justice-mariame-kaba/18582309?ean=9781642595253&next=t

?
boosts welcome

I am thinking read Parts 1 and 2 over roughly the next month.

I have a zoom account, the ability to make polls, and the will to have at least one buddy in this.

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

* yard & garden watered ✔️
* compost tumbled ✔️
* coffee sucked down ✔️
* morning bowl smoked ✔️

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
markwyner@mas.to ("Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:") wrote:

If you need some joy in your day, this is my gift to you. John Batiste is a gem of a human being. He is also massively talented.

In this interview from 2023 with Chris Wallace, John talks about the limitations genres put on music. And THEN he genre hops through part of a Beethoven piece on the fly.

It’s so good. And Chris’ face is priceless. He’s almost giddy.

#JohnBatiste #Music #Genres #Piano #Genius #ChrisWallace #Joy #GoodNews

Attachments:

• video: John is a good-looking young Black man with with robustly-styled dreadlocks. He is wearing a tan suit coat, partially open over a low-cut white t-shirt. He’s sitting at a piano in what appears to be a small studio setting. Chris is a middle-aged white man with simple glasses. He’s wearing a suit with a bright-red pocket square over a solid-blue dress shirt and a striped tie.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art ("InarticulateQuilter") wrote:

"John Robert Lewis ... was the walking, breathing blueprint for how to love a country that doesn’t always love you back, and still demand it do better."

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/07/17/john-lewis-fought-for-us-now-its-our-turn/

#GoodTrouble #Protest

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
brian_gettler@mas.to ("Brian Gettler") wrote:

"Tearable puns"