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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AJ_andrew69 ("Andrew J Spaulding") wrote:

Keeping this going!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stevebenen@journa.host ("Steve Benen") wrote:

How weak is the job market? Excluding the pandemic, Americans haven’t seen employment numbers this bad since 2009 — during the Great Recession.

The question for the White House is simple: “If Trump has created a ‘hot’ economy, why has American job growth slowed to a 16-year low?” https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/us-job-growth-turns-cold-trumps-agenda-takes-toll-economy-rcna222448

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

What is the probability that ActivityPub will connect 1 billion people by the end of 2029?

#EvanPoll #poll

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GIFS_of_Puppets@ohai.social ("Muppet GIF of the Day") wrote:

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

Attachments:

• gifv: GIF of Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch laughing, descending into his trash can, and then slamming the lid down from Follow That Bird

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:fluffy_tail:​

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Robinbannks ("Robin Bannks") wrote:

Stand Up

August 1, 1969 ~ The second album from Jethro Tull is released. It's the debut album for guitarist Martin Barre who joins Tull after Mick Abrahams leaves the group due to creative differences with Ian Anderson. Mick wanted to stick with the bluesy stuff -- Ian wanted to broaden the sound to include folk rock, classical and chamber. Glad we stuck with The Mad Floutist. Listen to Stand Up by Jethro Tull on Amazon Music ... #JethroTull #standup #60srock #blues…

http://robinbannks.com/2025/08/01/stand-up/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

All these universities and museums tripping over themselves to appease our tinpot Stalin. Have they no self-respect?

https://wapo.st/3HhfyxU

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simontatham@hachyderm.io ("Simon Tatham") wrote:

This morning I gave someone an introductory talk on how HTTP works, by demonstrating a few simple HTTP transactions by hand using "openssl s_connect" (gone are the days when you can do that using nc), explaining what all the bits and pieces are, and then showing how to look up what Firefox is doing in the developer tools to see full-sized examples.

Right at the end of the talk, I thought "hang on, this seems like exactly the kind of 'learn a thing from basics' material that @b0rk likes to write about, I wonder if she has a blog post covering the same ground?"

Better still, she has a whole zine! https://jvns.ca/blog/2019/09/12/new-zine-on-http/ Moral: perhaps I should think of that _first_ next time.

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

I love this

https://examplecat.com/

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

it is most definitely a two-cup morning. I dare not work on my codebase; modules will crumble into byte-dust if I look at anything, much less modify lines.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
svgeesus@mastodon.scot ("Chris Lilley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿") wrote:

Incremental Font Transfer is now an @W3C Candidate Recommendation.

IFT defines a method to incrementally transfer a font from server to client. The client loads only the portion(s) of the font that they actually need, significantly reducing data transfer. Multiple incremental additions to the same font are possible, such as a user agent updating a font as a user browses multiple pages.

https://www.w3.org/TR/IFT/

#webfonts

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

TIL people made quarter-tone grand (and upright) pianos.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quarter-tone%5Fgrand%5Fpiano

https://www.august-foerster.de/en/quartertone-grand-piano/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieqi54XE2lI

Imagine being a piano tuner called in for one of these beasts.

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

What kind of writers do ad agencies have? Falling back on that pathetic 'genes'/'jeans' nonsense is the disappointing wit of a smarmy little child.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/01/im-not-mad-at-sydney-sweeney-im-just-disappointed-that-this-is-the-only-genetics-education-most-people-will-get/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Homestar Runner's "Back to a Website" turns out to be a great critique of where the web has gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7kVH9xePM

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

We are so calm about the destruction of scientific institutions in our country.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/01/at-least-im-briefly-entertained/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ilry6T71hUA

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
franklinlopez@kolektiva.social ("Franklin López") wrote:

🔥 It’s Bandcamp Friday, mofos. You know what that means — 100% of your filthy lucre goes directly to the artists. No corporate middleman bullshit.

So if you’ve ever thought, “Hey, I wanna support some radical, independent music,” then today’s your day.

Now I can’t believe I haven’t shouted this out before, but on this sacred capitalist workaround day, I gotta put you on to #PostRap — straight outta #PuertoRico. One of the most underrated hip-hop groups on the fuckin’ island. Politically explosive lyrics, beats that slap harder than your abuela with a chancleta, and production that’ll melt your brain (in a good way).

If you’re into radical hip-hop en español — or if you give even half a shit about PR — do yourself a favor and buy this. It’s not just music, it’s a goddamn history lesson.

🎧 Go. Now. Support. Download. Bump it loud.

👉
https://postraporg.bandcamp.com/album/postrap-viene-ep

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

Isle 🏝️ is my new #FPGA project.

Isle is a simple, modern computer — an open design that encourages tinkering, experimentation, and doing your own thing. I hope to inspire you to come on a journey with me and build your own computer. http://projectf.io/isle/fpga-computer.html

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

“the special counsel, John H. Durham, went to great lengths to try to prove that several of the emails were real, only to ultimately conclude otherwise.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-clinton-emails-russia-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

Age verification goes way beyond porn, impacting everything from Reddit to Spotify to Xbox.

❌ Content is being age gated when it shouldn’t, including subreddits for sexual health like r/STD, for health like r/stopsmoking, or news like r/israelexposed and an X post featuring a speech about grooming gangs by Katie Lam MP.

✅ Limit the scope of the UK Online Safety Act.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

The Online Safety Act is technologically naive and ignorant to privacy risks, so people are finding ways around age verification. But...

❌ Teens could be pushed towards riskier things like the dark web, dodgy free VPNs or scams.

✅ Invest in a public information campaign to help people navigate online safety and learn about the privacy risks of age verification.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #security #cybersecurity

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

Reddit, Grindr and Bluesky have chosen age verification providers based outside the UK with concerning privacy policies. Go figure.

❌ You can't choose provider
❌ Platforms don't need to pick certified providers
❌ Providers don't need to meet specific privacy or security standards

✅ Regulate the age verification industry now.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
xyla@shitpost.trade ("xyla 🐀📈") wrote:

i just pulled this macbook air out of my project box and mamma mia i don't want to know what my past self was smoking

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

A full body sketch of Minnie done with pens and markers. I suppose she‘ll be the more trigger happy on the team. 😈

#sketch #sketchbook #doodle #cyberpunk #shadowrun #scifi #cybernetics #sketchbookDoodle

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
miiamustang@eliitin-some.fi ("Miia Mustang") wrote:

Hackers in 2003: "Hey look, I hooked up my fridge to the internet!"

Hackers in 2025: "phew, finally got my fridge off the internet! 💪"

jwz wrote:

The amount of "?utm_source=chatgpt.com" in the @dnalounge access_log is truly disheartening. I weep for the future.

Boosted by jwz:
impermanen_@zirk.us ("impermanen_ 🕊️") wrote:

So ICE raided a construction site in our neighborhood and two of the workers tried to get away. They got in their truck, hit one of the ICE vehicles and drove off. The ICE officers *opened fire* on them. They abandoned their vehicle in the neighborhood to try to escape on foot. So now we’re all ordered to “shelter in place” and “stay away from windows” so the swarming gestapo can shoot up the place with a free hand.

How’s your day going?

Boosted by jwz:
ylegall@genart.social ("Yann Le Gall") wrote:

various experiments with bouncing neon rays

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• gifv: ece3cc25dce32b03.mp4

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

"Why are you doing things you enjoy instead of squandering your professional reputation by making yourself look like an idiot on my behalf" is not the biting rhetorical play you seem to think it is.

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

An election conspiracy theorist on another social media platform is complaining that I waste time posting photos here instead of amplifying their pet election conspiracy theory.

Guilty as charged!