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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
travis@social.lol wrote:

Been awhile since I've updated my pinned post. Did you know that the Palestine Children's Relief Fund has maintained a four star rating from Charity Navigator for the past 13 years? Their name is pretty self-explanatory.

https://www.pcrf.net/

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Boosted by jwz:
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

Star Trek Discovery scene. Michael Burnham and Tilly are in the dining hall. Both are wearing gym clothes that say DISCO on the front. Burnham is standing and observing Tilly like a disappointed teacher. Tilly is leaning in towards a food replicator, extending her head towards its panel. Closed caption reads, "Computer, add salsa."

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Boosted by jwz:
notalegalrecord.net@bsky.brid.gy ("Tony Corsentino") wrote:

WGBH building in Boston today

View of the WGBH building in Boston with an electronic marquee reading “Local. Trusted. Defunded.”

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jwz wrote:

Dear Lazyweb, how do I find the wl_surface backing an Xwayland X11 Window? This says that the window will be sent a WL_SURFACE_ID ClientMessage, but this appears not to be the case.
https://jwz.org/b/ykrZ

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ewen@social.ewenbell.com ("Ewen Bell 📸") wrote:

Trouble with that kind of lawsuit is that it ensure the dirty laundry is being aired for years to come. This story will live longer than Trump.

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

@SteveBellovin @lauren

I was 10 when this happened, but I found an interesting bit of history from Seeger's own site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130805061813/http://www.peteseeger.net/givepeacechance.htm

Why do I suddenly want to hold up signs saying, "Sic semper tyranus"?

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
charlesgaba ("Charles Gaba") wrote:

📣 As the Trump Regime continues to Nazify America, a reminder that FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE is critical to reining them in.

Massive turnout for #NoKings protests won't mean ANYTHING unless people also VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.

Donate today: #Blue26

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/senateblue26?refcode=masto

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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.

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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

A staircase, with a simple pipe handrail at center, descending to a train platform. Signs above read "Track 13" and "Watch Your Step".

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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!

A screenshot of the social.lol timeline, styled in the beautiful pink tones of the Tangerine UI Cherry theme.

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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. 🙃

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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.

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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

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

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

a silly figurine hanging in our house, like a sheep made from brightly colored cotton balls

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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.

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

if superman is woke why is his dog named Crypto

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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.

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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.

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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/

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

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

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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

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

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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.

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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

A thinking machines cm-2 with animated light panels
A thinking machines cm-2 with animated light panels
A board out of the CM-2
The Symbolics 3670 LISP machine front end to the CM-2 running StarLISP.

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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

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

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

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

My mixed dahlias are starting to open.
#FlowersOnFriday

Looking down at a dahlia, that itself is pointing downwards, with concentric circles of curled petals that are orange at the base and red at the tips