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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
nash@labyrinth.social ("Nash") wrote:

you wouldn't
JUXT
a
POSITION

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

Modern day heroes.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/23/i-am-suddenly-craving-a-pizza-from-detroit/

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

I suppose we could read this as the answer to Adam Shiff's question. What happened to the Republican party? Reagan happened.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/23/another-problem-with-the-democrats/

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

It seems entirely reasonable for websites to outright block all traffic from browsers (not just bots) made by companies that behave this badly towards the ecosystem:

https://www.404media.co/websites-are-blocking-the-wrong-ai-scrapers-because-ai-companies-keep-making-new-ones/

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
sop@unstable.systems ("sofia") wrote:

A shitpost that's been brewing in my head for a while now

Attachments:

• gifv: A user types a text message in a non descript textbox. The message eventually says, "Having a computer constantly trying to guesstimate what I’m going to type is fucking annoying." At every step of the way, an imaginary LLM tries to produce a nonsensical, improbable, artificially cheerful and brand-aware autocompletion. The completions come and go faster than you can really pay attention to, and the sockpuppet of a user I'm depicting in this piece of media just has to kinda try and ignore the onslaught of distraction as they eventually manage to finish the sentence. For bonus points, the LLM tries to censor the word "fucking" and replace it with more adwords(TM)-acceptable terms.

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

setting up for weekly local voice net on 50.250MHz USB 📡

#HamRadio

Boosted by jwz:
noisemakerbot@genart.social ("Noisemaker Bot") wrote:

sands-of-time

Attachments:

• gifv: The piece "Sands of Time" shows grains of sand swirling in wind currents, rendered in sage green and soft teal against a charcoal background. Seed: 6865

jwz wrote:

I guess locking your screen is for cowards, anyway. What do you have to hide?

jwz wrote:

Welp. All that lovely "AI" derailment aside, we now have an answer:

It is literally impossible for XScreenSaver to lock the screen under Wayland. Cannot be done. None of the extant, spottily-supported "protocols" will allow the screen to be locked while an Xwayland surface is visible.

Great job, everybody. Perfect, no notes.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
aparrish@friend.camp ("allison") wrote:

i have also written an 18k word document containing almost everything i learned about the Game Boy while designing this cartridge: https://abc.decontextualize.com/more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ "More Than You Wanted To Know About How Game Boy Cartridges Work"

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

Sheesh. You can be a legendary rock star, but you bite the head off one bat and that's what you're remembered for.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/22/ozzy-osbourne-dead-at-76/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The Chaotic History of the Horse Game That Took Over the World - #Umamusume: Pretty Derby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke25qbWLbys

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

A friend of mine just summed up the current state of AI hype like this:

Captain Picard, on bridge of Enterprise: “Computer, locate Captain Picard”

Computer: “Captain Picard is not onboard the Enterprise.”

*curb your enthusiasm theme plays*

And people are like “WE SHOULD LET THE COMPUTER BE CAPTAIN”

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

💦

Attachments:

• video: 82e137a4633c6c48.mp4

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

Good boi

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

someone with intestinal fortitude

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/fema-urban-search-rescue-chief-resigns.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.YU8.clFI.UyaOjm9C6vfC&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

Meanwhile, this asshole

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jerome-powell-mike-lee-b2793995.html

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

Seems fitting today. RIP.

https://youtu.be/K0siYUjV9UM

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

hot take: all product containers that are designed to be used over a longer period of time (creams, for example) should not just have their volume printed on it, but also the weight of the contents.

why?

well, so you can use a scale to track your usage over time and estimate if your dosage fits the timeline of course. that's clearly a very reasonable thing to do.

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

Today in "A Stopped Clock Tells the Correct Time Twice a Day" news, there is something that Josh "The Cowering Fascist" Hawley is doing that I would approve of, pending reading the actual bill:

https://deadline.com/2025/07/senate-bill-ai-copyright-1236463986/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
billyjoebowers@mastodon.online ("billy joe bowers-8647") wrote:

I don't know anyone named Waldo.
You a cop?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lorenzofb@infosec.exchange ("Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai") wrote:

NEW: The hackers that have been exploiting the Microsoft SharePoint zero-day have been targeting government agencies, researchers say.

Also, different research teams are seeing more than 8,000 exposed and potentially vulnerable SharePoint servers on the internet.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/hackers-exploiting-sharepoint-zero-day-seen-targeting-government-agencies-say-researchers/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mackuba@martianbase.net ("Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋") wrote:

Here we go… "French authorities are already progressing with efforts to force certain social media sites — including X, Reddit, #Bluesky and #Mastodon — to introduce age verification, by classifying them as pornographic websites." 😑 https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-social-media-ban-minors-france/

#AgeVerification

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

well, at least there is that

Attachments:

• video: a3fdf6004c86b56f.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Forget Planet of the Apes, this is the dystopian future to be worried about.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #bear #bears #humor #humour

Attachments:

• video: Doorcam footage of a white cat riding on the back of a grizzly bear

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nnedi@mas.to ("Nnedi Okorafor") wrote:

Got my author copies of THE SPACE CAT graphic novel! It’s is scheduled for release August 12 from First Second Books.

It’s gorgeous, chunky and solid. What a year it’s been.

Cozy catfuturist comics. 🌌🐱

Attachments:

• video: The space cat graphic novel plus periwinkle and Neptune wrasslin in the background.

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

Brandolini’s Law: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullsh*t is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.”

h/t @QasimRashid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Brandolini’s Law states, “The amount of energy needed to refute bullsh*t is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.”

The amount of bullsh*t in a recent WSJ OpEd by propagandist Sad Dhume is breathtaking. Here, I rebuke this dangerous fascism:
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/rebuking-fascism-and-anti-muslim

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Tom Gauld ") wrote:

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Heliograph@mastodon.au wrote:

#decency #baseline #hellyea