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tantramar ("Chris Mackay 🇨🇦") wrote:

“Work from home”, they said. “So few distractions”, they said. 🤦‍♂️🤪 #CatsOfMastodon #RipleyAndJonesy #JustJonesy #WFH #ChatLunatique

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

Good morning from the goat-and-llama parade

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

My #running this year looks much better than the last one: almost twice as many miles at the half-year point (121.72 vs 231.65). I'm finally learning not to push my aging joints and muscles too much and run at a sustainable schedule. All those horizontal parts of the 2024 graph were injuries.

(Have to admit it took me way too long to plot this graph using some Python and Libreoffice. And I've only been a software engineer for 25 years or so…)

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concretedog wrote:

KLAXXON! #SOURCE issue 2 is now available for download! In case you don't know what I am on about SOURCE is my attempt at an #opensource "pay what you feel" magazine. In this issue we look at #Godot, #Inkscape, #OpenStreetMap #Logseq #Termux and #Syncthing

There's a little more info and a direct to pdf link on my blog as well as links to Issue 1 which was a deep dive on Computational Fluid Dynamics with #FreeCAD.

https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/source-issue-2-out-now.html

Please Boost!

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

Wow, "AI" is doing the thing is absolutely known for doing, which is pulling nonsense straight out of its cybernetic ass, who could have possibly predicted this utterly predictable turn on events

https://gizmodo.com/fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies-report-2000633153

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Love watching brogrammers suddenly become "AI-first engineers" because they figured out how to copy-paste from ChatGPT.

"Bro I'm basically the Steve Jobs of prompt engineering"

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

Wow, it's almost as though a monopolist can't abuse their position to hold competitors back, gaslight regulators, frivolously sue for delay, and degrade the entire web ecosystem these days!

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/uk-regulator-flags-apples-ios-browser-engine-ban-in-draft-sms-designation/

/via @owa

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kf@666.glitchwit.ch wrote:

I want to go work from a coffee shop so I can look cute in front of other people but I need my big monitor 😭

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dan@discuss.systems ("Dan Ports") wrote:

@neurovagrant I actually explained intersectionality to one of my colleagues, a computer architect, by telling him it was co-design, but for marginalization... and this somehow seemed to help!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

the next time you want to piss off a techbro, just tell them intersectionality is systems thinking for human values

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

If you’re looking for a great set of quality free software and Linux podcasts that are explicitly anti-fascist, I can’t recommend enough @latenightlinux

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Been listening to the soundtrack of "Vampire - the Masquerade: Coterie of New York" and I think it shows.. ^^°

#sketch #sketchbook #sketchbookDrawing #doodle #markers #vampire #vtm #VampireTheMasquerade #blood

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
angiebaby@mas.to ("Angie") wrote:

Stop it. Stop trying to visit America. I am an American living in one of the most virulent MAGA states, and I am begging you to cancel any and all plans to visit the US. There is nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING in this country worth your safety or your life. This is not the America you remember. It is a Nazi zombie running on hate and cruelty and you are risking your life to give it even more money.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/you-have-no-right-to-be-here-a-swiss-womans-harrowing-tale-of-arrest-and-detention-at-the-us-border-ld.1889535

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

Dear "influencers" that don't post natively here but rely on whatever bridging solution. Understand that your automation should have no problem with adding ALT text when you post screenshots of tweets, bluesky etc. Talk to your team. To whomever running that bridging service *you likely pay for* to make sure that ALT text becomes default.. Thanks!

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

Yes, shitty people vote for shitty people, it is known

https://www.psypost.org/trump-supporters-report-higher-levels-of-psychopathy-manipulativeness-callousness-and-narcissism/

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

“The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary men can find themselves standing over death pits with guns in their hands. It would serve us well today to understand why.” - T. Snyder

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org ("Parade du Grotesque 💀") wrote:

I just discovered all public transportation in Luxembourg is free.

As in: free. Hop on a bus, a tram, even a train. It's all free. And I love this so much I can't even express it. This is so great.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

In some U.S. #immigration courts, #ICE attorneys are no longer identifying themselves during public hearings — a shift that legal scholars say departs from long-standing norms of courtroom transparency. https://theconversation.com/immigration-courts-hiding-the-names-of-ice-lawyers-goes-against-centuries-of-precedent-and-legal-ethics-requiring-transparency-in-courts-261452

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

Not exactly a confidence-builder

‪FactPost‬
‪@factpostnews.bsky.social‬
· 2m
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'

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

Judge Richard Berman Had to Remind Todd Blanche to Think of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/23/judge-richard-berman-had-to-reminder-todd-blanche-to-think-of-jeffrey-epsteins-victims/

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@sop Oof. This is what it feels like when I pair w/ a coworker that has AI code assist enabled. Only, half the time they reflexively/accidentally let it autocomplete, and I have to say "no, not that." and then we undo what it has done and try to get back on task.

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

Sure, let's name an opera house after a pair of vulgarians.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/23/republican-sycophant-sucks-up-to-vulgar-philistine/

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

oh look, the internet's assholes are back freeloading off of my servers.

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andbenn@mas.to ("A.B.") wrote:

What a joy to look at #xscreensaver on my Linux box and see the new Dumpster Fire module running, with a description of "... It's a metaphor for This Modern World." Perfect!

I love this app. My distro updated it a couple weeks ago, but just saw this module due to the high count I use.

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

I clearly prompted the realistic human head on my pez dispenser to not give me an orange candy when I pulled back on its neck, and yet it disregarded my orders! clearly this indicates the plastic head is unaligned with human values, a problem that can only be solved by eating more pez

this arXiv preprint was made possible by a grant from Pez Research, Microsoft, and some fucking supervillain who just closed a deal to sell a bunch of pez dispensers to the military

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interfluidity@zirk.us ("Steve Randy Waldman") wrote:

from “What determines rent?” #DavidTimoney https://fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2025/07/what-determines-rent.html

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internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:

Chuck Tingle is coming to SF. Yes, THAT Chuck Tingle!

The Internet Archive is excited to host a live #booktalk with the cult favorite author, presented by The Booksmith. 📖 He’ll share his new novel LUCKY DAY, where bad luck might just end the world. 🎲🃏

📅 Tue, Sept 2nd
🕡 6:30 PM check-in
📍 IN-PERSON, 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-lucky-day-with-chuck-tingle-in-person/

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
palestinechronicle.com@web.brid.gy ("Home Page - Palestine Chronicle") wrote:

In Final Statement, Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress Calls for Suspension of Israel from UN

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.palestinechronicle.com/in-final-statement-jewish-anti-zionist-congress-calls-for-suspension-of-israel-from-un/

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AstroDave@scicomm.xyz ("David Dickinson") wrote:

A new kind of telescope is set to search for mysterious fast radio bursts - Via Science.Org - https://www.science.org/content/article/new-kind-telescope-set-search-mysterious-fast-radio-bursts - BURSTT is open for business.