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

I mean, DAMN

RE: https://www.threads.com/@berniceaking/post/DMYzPuZgriM

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

We obtained a mysterious box of 1960s electronics. I reverse-engineered it and with much effort, we got it running. It turns out to be a test unit for testing NASA's Up-Data Link, a system from the Apollo moon landing to control the spacecraft from the ground. Let's take a look inside... 1/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Getting people to actually read is hard these days.

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

test post to ‘Loops’ app

h/t @dansup

https://loops.video/v/9G0uqlkmnU

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

What exactly is the left wing propaganda
in Sesame Street???

Empathy and learning to read.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kim_harding@mastodon.scot ("kim_harding ✅") wrote:

Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack because of a major security flaw
https://www.theverge.com/news/710513/microsoft-sharepoint-server-attack-zero-day-exploit
Government agencies and thousands of companies could be affected by the zero-day breach.

Why are people still using Microsoft? After 30 years of security flaws, you'd think they would know better by now...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

"Not long ago - in fact, just a couple of weeks before they called the election - the Liberals campaigned on a promise to solidify and strengthen funding for the CBC. They stood in front of microphones and told Canadians they understood the importance of public broadcasting for democracy, for culture, for national unity and they were prepared to put legislation forward to protect our public broadcaster.

Now, they’re walking away from that commitment."

The Liberals promised to strengthen the CBC. Now They’re Cutting It. - Heather McPherson, Proud NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona
https://substack.com/home/post/p-168891067

https://archive.ph/tRlTL

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
black_intellect@mstdn.social ("Black Intellect") wrote:

The Difference Between Gerrymandering and Redistricting | https://time.com/7304038/gerrymandering-partisan-racial-redistricting-trump-texas-republicans/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
memeorandum@universeodon.com wrote:

US Marines mobilized to Los Angeles are being sent home, Pentagon says (Haley Britzky/CNN)

https://cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/us-marines-los-angeles-being-sent-home
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p112#a250721p112

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Very Hairy Jerry") wrote:

This is why we can’t have nice things https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/poisonseed-hackers-bypass-fido-keys.html?m=1

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

“If a user's environment mandates hardware security keys plugged directly into the login device, or uses platform-bound authenticators (like Face ID tied to the browser context), the attack chain breaks.”

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/114893240841223706

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
MikeImBack@disabled.social ("Mike. 🩼🇨🇦") wrote:

If you don't know the universal hand signal for help, please check this out. I just learned myself, years after it was created. It could save a life. The fingers folding over the thumb is to represent being trapped. Please boost for everyone

#UniversalHandSignalForHelp
#Help

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docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Amado's is re-opening on Valencia Street, so here's a quick reminder:
Owner David Quinby has actively opposed safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists. In early 2023, Amado’s closed due to $500,000 in flood damage, a month before the Valencia bike lane began. Later, David claimed Amado's closed “because of the bike lane.” and pushed to remove any protected bike lanes from Valencia St. #SanFrancisco #ValenciaStreet #ZeroVision

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

An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool

The Document Foundation, which developers LibreOffice, is mad at Microsoft for the levels of complexity in the Microsoft 365 document format. They claim Microsoft intentionally makes this format's XML schema as complex and obtuse as possible to lock users into the Microsoft Office ecosystem.

This artificial complexity is charact

https://www.osnews.com/story/142851/an-artificially-complex-xml-schema-as-a-lock-in-tool/

#Office

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
dissitou@piaille.fr ("Philippe") wrote:

Hello les mastonautes. J'ai 12 abonnés ici mais ça se tente ;)
Je cherche dans la région lyonnaise, une association promouvant le logiciel libre et qui pourrait intervenir dans le reconditionnement d'ordinateurs pour les envoyer à Cuba. Un ami a des machines en nombre, la logistique pour les expédier, et les contacts pour la distribution gratuite sur place. Le problème ce sont les licences, il y a beaucoup de Windows craqués, et ma suggestion est d'expédier des machines pré-installées avec une distribution Linux.
Est-ce que ça existe, comme objectif d'une association ? Et est-ce d'ailleurs une meilleure idée que d'envoyer les machines nues ?

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
jan@kcore.org ("Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️") wrote:

What do people use to #monitor their #homelab hardware/vms/containers?

Preferably selfhosted, and something that doesn't create more work than it monitors ;)

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@gleick "These leopards sure seem to be eating all the right faces!"

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

Remember: Unlike Soylent Green, "AI" is not people

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
Walker@infosec.exchange wrote:

Software Supply Chain npm package compromise.

July 18, reported eslint-config-prettier npm package was modified to include info stealing node-gyp.dll (c68e42f416f482d43653f36cd14384270b54b68d6496a8e34ce887687de5b441)

Highlighting the ongoing threat to package security and software development.

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/supply-chain-security-alert-eslint-config-prettier-package-shows-signs-of-compromise

#python #SoftwareSupplyChains #softwaredevelopment #secdevops #malware

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

Adding the Moynihan Hall was a welcome improvement to Penn Station, but didn't address the main problem, which is insufficient capacity for the number of trains that run through it. There aren't enough tracks, the platforms are too narrow, and the tunnels entering and leaving the station have too limited capacity. These more fundamental constraints will be much harder to solve, because the underground area around the station is already heavily crowded.

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

Moynihan Hall occupies part of what had been New York's main post office building, a block west of the original Penn Station. It was situated over the tracks, with access to platforms, to facilitate Railway Post Office mail delivery, which was common into the 1970's. After the post office moved its sorting operations elsewhere, it was relatively straightforward to repurpose it as an extension of the adjacent railroad station, which is why it only took the better part of 50 years.

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

Many of the design elements of the new hall pay deliberate homage to the original, befittingly grand, Penn Station, including especially the prominently exposed steel beams.

There are no seats in the main hall, though there are smaller ticketed waiting areas to the side, as well as a substantial food court. The lack of a "big board" is deliberate, to discourage crowding in any particular area (there is instead a collection of smaller train status monitors spread throughout the hall).

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens and the Phase One IQ4-150 XT camera. The 23mm Digaron is a sharp wide lens, but doesn't really have a large enough image circle to support extensive movements (which weren't required here). Captured from the balcony on the south side of the station.

The Moynihan Train Hall is a recently-opened annex (repurposed from the Post Office) to the otherwise dungeon-like remnants of the old Penn Station, buried under Madison Square Garden since 1963.

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

Moynihan Train Hall, Pennsylvania Station, NYC, 2021.

All the pixels, before rush hour, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51205135362

#photography

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andypiper@macaw.social ("Andy Piper") wrote:

I had a chat about Mastodon and our organisation and goals with @gfsc https://gfsc.community/community-spotlight-mastodon/

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

I disliked flying Southwest because of the open seating thing, it always gave me middle seat anxiety, so I can't say that I will mourn its exit

https://qz.com/southwest-airlines-announces-select-seating-policy

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

I hope this bozo is drinking lots of cod liver oil.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/21/its-like-raaaain-on-your-wedding-day/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ryan@social.miyaku.media ("みやくモード") wrote:

bro that’s too many multitudes. you gotta start cutting back on multitudes bro

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Other than figuring out the best ways to share them, skill and knowledge are not problems to solve necessarily. But since we can't learn everything ourselves, and can't do everything ourselves, we find ourselves in relationship with others. At that point, who has power and how they use it are the questions to ask.

And although those are not strictly "technical" questions, those are interesting questions to ask as you design your computing systems, pick employers, form your unions, etc.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Tasks that require skills and knowledge to perform are not gate kept. Gate keeping occurs at the point that one person actively tries to prevent another person from gaining those skills and knowledge. Gate keeping is something people do to each other.

There's nothing wrong with requiring skills and knowledge to do a task. So many tasks in life do, and we can't learn them all in our short lives. We should respect that, and welcome as many people into those skills and knowledge as who wants in.