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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
RikerGoogling@mas.to ("Riker Googling") wrote:

is subspace down for everyone or just me

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

I'm doing game development for just over 2 years now and so far I've published 7 games on iOS (6 AppStore, rest AltSore) and 2 on Android

Currently I am almost done with a PC RPG that will be listed on Steam and also still have a 2D game ready and waiting all for free without investments

My games may not be the greatest but at least I do have something to show for compared to so many failed Kickstarter game projects that rised I don't know how much for nothing

Every game gets a bit better!

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

Here are all my free games:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/stuxhost/id966927599

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=4692464662293640407

https://stux.me/projects/
https://gamelab.gl

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MattMagnuson@flipboard.com ("Matt Magnuson") wrote:

Inflation jumps to highest level for nearly 18 months as food prices rise again
https://flipboard.com/video/pamedianews/4855c4dd0d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Money, Tax, & Insurance @money-tax-insurance-MattMagnuson

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

Captured with a full-frame mirrorless camera and 21mm lens.

This is mostly a study of lines, particularly the handrail (which provides an anchor for the eye to follow), but also the curved railing at the bottom of the stairs at left. I was attracted to the austere, utilitarian design, yet the curved pipe railing by the tracks has an elegant, art deco look to it.

The top of the stairs was a difficult place to work. A tripod was essential for framing, but people were moving around behind me.

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

Track 13 - Watch Your Step, Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 2013.

All the pixels, no fare collected, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/10101066135/

#photography

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

We’ve just switched the social.lol default theme to the excellent Tangerine UI (Cherry) by @nileane! If you hadn’t previously set your own preferred theme and were using the default, you can hop over to https://social.lol/settings/preferences/appearance and switch back to the prior default Mastodon theme if you’d like. I’ve been meaning to make this change forever and finally got around to it!

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

I would say I am now already poisoned by Emacs’ keybindings when using other app, but I've been using some of them for years everywhere on the Mac—so it's really just screwing me up when I'm using any other Windows app now. 🙃

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ (quiet time)") wrote:

"a prompt-injection vulnerability in Google Gemini for Workspace that allows a threat-actor to hide malicious instructions inside an email. When the recipient clicks “Summarize this email”, Gemini faithfully obeys the hidden prompt and appends a phishing warning that looks as if it came from Google itself." https://0din.ai/blog/phishing-for-gemini So simple: a white-on-white hidden prompt (or in 0px font), and the mega geniuses who push compulsory "A.I." on us didn't think of it. FFS.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
TechCrunch@mstdn.social wrote:

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/what-is-mistral-ai-everything-to-know-about-the-openai-competitor/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

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

a friend is visiting from the East Bay and brought us a ‘Shaun the Sheep’ figure

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

If you see a resume that indicates someone was part of whatever cursed project rebuilt ba.com on Next.js, and that resume or cover letter does not include a personal apology, the circular file is the correct disposal option.

Boosted by jwz:
annika@xoxo.zone ("Annika Backstrom") wrote:

if superman is woke why is his dog named Crypto

Boosted by jwz:
drmaddkap@meow.social ("Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist") wrote:

Ever since the Matrix was released in 1999, cell phones have been steadily replacing landlines - which were shown to be the only way to escape.

Boosted by jwz:
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

@dgerard In any case, it occurs to me that you could plausibly maximize neurotransmitter tonnage by intensive farming of maggots or earthworms (most species use the same repertoire of neurotransmitters), neither of which are noteworthy for their production of Brain Geniuses colonizing the galaxy.

Elon picks the wrong metric to grind for, as usual.

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.

We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/stephen-colbert-cancelled-cbs-trump-paramount/

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!