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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:

One batch of the lilies that live around our house decided the end of July was their time to shine, and this photo my wife grabbed this morning seems to prove that out.

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

It's always the people you most expect

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-superintendent-put-bibles-schools-132537249.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

“Make the logo as big as my ego”— Ancient client proverb

#website #webdesign

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
luc@chaos.social ("Luc") wrote:

EU age verifier app was released today on github, saying it'll include remote attestation

Is it just me who finds this terrifying?

No more open operating systems for your phone if you want to be able to use it for age verification. For now, it sounds like this will be for porn, but social media (hello Mastodon) recently got a "recommendation" from our government to not be allowed below a certain age

Will we need a Google or Apple attested device to get around on the internet in a few years?

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

Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is heroic.

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

The scale of these wind farms is beyond what we're equipped to process in day-to-day human experience. They conquer the landscape in ways we can't fully comprehend even when they're in front of us. In a sense, they're abstract sculptures of themselves, mostly visible in fleeting glances from interstate highways or airplane windows.

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

This was captured near the Tesla substation (no relation to the car company) near Altamont Pass with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, compressing the turbines in a way that made them resemble a histogram.

There's a *lot* of power being generated in those hills. There was an audible hum in the air and vibrations could be felt in the ground. In some spots, the camera rebooted from induced currents.

Infrastructure like this is easy to ignore, but has an accidental beauty that I think is worth examining.

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

Wind Turbines, near Tracy, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, none of the wattage, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491948497

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
frankel@mastodon.top ("Nicolas Fränkel 🇺🇦🇬🇪") wrote:

Evolution of #HTTP

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Evolution%5Fof%5FHTTP

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sherold@mastodon.online ("Sebastian Herold") wrote:

One day.

#DavidLynch #Meme

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
spencerbeswick@kolektiva.social ("Spencer Beswick") wrote:

Ursula Le Guin: “A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, - this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.”

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

My absolute favorite, though, was an email sent to the grad coordinator when I was at Penn, addressed to Prof. Levine Hall. It went on, effusively and at length, about how inspiring Prof. Hall's research had been to this student, and how honored he'd be to study under his supervision.

Levine Hall was the name of our building.

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

Protip: Spamming every faculty email address on earth is not how you apply to PhD programs.

But if you *do* spam every faculty email you can find with a faux-personal appeal, you should probably change the salutation line to something other than "Dear PROFESSORNAME:"

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

Technically speaking they should be NonCrustables, but we as a nation aren't ready to have that conversation yet

RE: https://www.threads.com/@sepinwall/post/DMqDol8Rmg%5F

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

The world is on fire, and that may mean you may be hesitant to celebrate your own victories and achievements, or to tell people about them. If this is you, then please know that all the rest of us need to hear about these victories and achievements to remind us that people still do have victories and achievements, even now, and especially now. Go ahead and share your happiness and good news. And congratulations!

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

I would say "what an unbelievably shitty human we have for a president" but the fact is it's entirely believable, he's always been a shitty human

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gaza-aid-thank-you-rcna221443

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

Someone recently quote a song lyric to me that made me doubt that I been singing the song correctly for the last 40 years but then I went and checked and it turned out they misquoted the song, and I was so irrationally angry with them for making them doubt myself AND the song lyrics that I may just never speak to them again

RE: https://www.threads.com/@joshgondelman/post/DMqAhF9sFZJ

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

Derecho season in Minnesota.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/28/its-derecho-time/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mNxI30asDs

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mercedesallen ("Mercedes Allen") wrote:

Always, every time.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
eejayes@glasgow.social wrote:

#Trump

Stephen Flynn, the Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen South, said he couldn’t meet with Trump today because he was busy washing his hair.

Ya’ll. This is Stephen Flynn. 😂👏🏻

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

It is time for Israel to fall. If the US would stop supporting their crimes against humanity, it would.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/28/israel-is-not-a-lawful-state/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
m2m@sonomu.club ("Simone S") wrote:

Firms will no longer be allowed to ‘ghost’ candidates that they interviewed for a job under new rules coming into effect in the Canadian province Ontario.

An update to the Employment Standard Acts will oblige firms to notify candidates about the status of their application within 45 days.

The new rules, which will apply from 2026, will also oblige firms to outline salary details in adverts and disclose whether artificial intelligence is used in the hiring process.

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41#BK19

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
urlyman ("Jonathan Schofield") wrote:

…37 years of learning absolutely nothing at all since James Hansen in Congress.

169 years since Eunice Newton Foote discovered the atmospheric warming effects of CO2.

You can lead a capitalist to water but you can’t make them, or their kids, or their grand kids, or their great grand kids, or their great great grand kids think

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

such difficult choices

Attachments:

• video: f98219707a4b59b1.mp4

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

Trump’s big beautiful bill may force your local grocery store to close
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/business/trump-big-beautiful-bill-snap-grocery?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Tech @business-and-tech-CNN

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

Reminder: Being honest means believing everything you say, it doesn't mean saying everything you believe.

To coin a phrase: "you have the right to remain silent".

In a legal context, of course, this is urgent.

But ya know what? In most ordinary contexts, it's still a good thing to remember.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Heliograph@mastodon.au wrote:

#argh #mumbles #THATday

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

GenX kids will know the pain of needing just the right kind of pencil to rewind.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
jbond ("Final Round Player 😷🇪🇺🍸") wrote:

Nailed it.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2025/jul/28/from-ai-facts-to-fungal-toothpaste-edith-pritchetts-week-in-venn-diagrams-cartoon

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
doris@moule.world ("doris :DorisBike: :CCC:") wrote:

ALERT: Your Mastodon account is still pending verification.

To verify your Mastodon account, please post either about your pets, nature, public transport, a cool rock you found, what Linux distro you use (I use Arch BTW), your fursona, a beloved piece of retrocomputing, and/or a hot take about FOSS. :DorisHa: