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jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein today is Zero Cool Day
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/08/10.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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gilduran.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Gil Durán") wrote:

Finally, some good news: ”Prices for used Cybertrucks are in a freefall, a stunning collapse that has become the most visible symbol of the deep and growing crisis at Tesla.”gizmodo.com/cybertruck-l...

Cybertruck Leads Tesla’s Used-...

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

Trump's 401(k) order adds new layer of risk to retirement portfolios - https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-401k-order-offers-retirement-savers-crypto-private-assets-also-higher-2025-08-10/

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

octahedron with extruded and truncated faces.

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MLE_online@social.afront.org ("Emily Velasco") wrote:

A friend of mine has been described by his friends as "the opposite of a sociopath," as in going so far out of his way to please others that it's to his own detriment.

He and I were chatting about this and decided there should be a word for it.

The word sociopath is formed from two parts: socio- for society and -path, from the Greek pathos, meaning suffering.

Looking for a suffix of opposite meaning, I found the Greek word agathos, which means benefit or good.

So, if a sociopath is someone who causes others to suffer for their own benefit, we propose the term "sociagath" for someone who does good for others while causing themselves to suffer.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Forget Apple. Steve Jobs' greatest achievement was convincing the entire internet that Flash was a horrible idea.

The man who ghosted an entire file format 🤣

I still experience trauma when I see a loading animation on a website.

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

greedy clouds

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

damned clouds

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LeslieBurns@esq.social ("Leslie Burns") wrote:

Went for my Sunday walk on the beach and was treated to a low tide, crabs in tidepools, a dog birthday party, and dolphins playing outside the break.

Pretty fantastic.

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

idiots

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Some news from @oxidecomputer: we got a raise! Our annual salary now stands at $235K.

https://oxide.computer/blog/oxides-compensation-model-how-is-it-going

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

Day 3 of Voting Village 2025! We had a great talks program Friday and Saturday. Stop by W222-223 this morning to play with voting equipment, buy a shirt, or just say hi before we pack up.

Also, huge shoutout to the @defcon security goons, who have gone out of their way to help keep our village safe and calm.

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vincent@social.lol ("Vincent Lammens :prami:") wrote:

Just a question but are there any omg.lol members with a weather station in their garden? I've had weather.omg.lol for a while now and maybe I should finally actually do something with it.

maybe the official omg.lol weather network could be a thing?

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

IMIS SYOU

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GPJohnston ("Greg Johnston") wrote:

As I’ve mentioned I have no cats! Therefore I give you this trippy turquoise specimen for #SaturFrog. It is the subject of a rare genetic condition known as axanthism, it lacks the ability to produce yellow pigmentation. Our fav bullfrog, we’ve seen it twice in our local wetlands park. #Hiking #AltText

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

and then you retire …

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lavaeolus@fedihum.org ("Henrik Schönemann") wrote:

The slides of my talk at #WHY2025 "Safeguarding Research & Culture: Save public data from the digital bookburnings!" are now online:
https://hu.berlin/SRC-WHY2025

Recording here (27min):
https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-238-safeguarding-research-culture-save-public-data-from-the-digital-bookburnings
(Wow, awesome work by @c3voc 💜)

More context: https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/B8DANE/

#SafeguardingResearch #SciOp @SafeguardingResearch

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

I've been thinking about this statement a lot lately:

"Care doesn’t scale; cruelty does. You can’t automate your way around the infinite obligation to the other."

From "Artificial intentionality":

https://archive.is/t1te5

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ntnsndr@social.coop ("Nathan Schneider") wrote:

Just had my first ride home from the airport with Colorado Drivers Cooperative. Cheaper than Uber/Lyft and pays the drivers more. If you're around here, get on it!

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justine@snac.smithies.me.uk ("Justine Smithies") wrote:

So here's something I'm genuinely interested to see and read about and I bet other would be too ?
If you have your #Homelab in or around your home and use mostly recycled hardware where possible, Show me your setup and or describe it from the OS to the hardware specs.

Boosts appreciated ❤️

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jamey@toot.cat ("Jamey Sharp") wrote:

I made a quick demo of a web app that I think people could use to build personal-scale banner exchanges, for when you want to help people discover your friends' web sites. Anyone else think this is a good idea? https://github.com/jameysharp/redirandom

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

Separating the gold from the dross is getting harder every year.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/10/bad-apples-identified/

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

@ram @Mogleg I think you’ve understood by now why you’re “the sick fuck” and thus deleted your post. Thankfully, it is now archived. These sorts of receipts will be as useful when it is time for justice for Palestine as records of Nazi collaborators were after WW2. Your complicity in genocide will have consequences.

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

@palestine The now-deleted post, for reference.

When I said history is taking notes, I didn’t mean it metaphorically.

#genocide #genocideDenial #complicity #fediGenocideDenial #israel #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

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Badgardener@mountains.social wrote:

@maddler

I’m sorry, but the Sunday Express win Parody Of The Day award for this ripper of a headline:

“RIOT POLICE ON ALERT AS MORE PROTESTS PLANNED”

with the lead emphasis on the Palestine Action silent protests rather than the, y’know, wife-beating violent thugs massing outside refugee accommodation.

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gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz ("Greg Egan") wrote:

@johncarlosbaez

“For three weeks in May, the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of a corporate recruiter on the outskirts of Toronto. Allan Brooks, 47, had discovered a novel mathematical formula, one that could take down the internet and power inventions like a force-field vest and a levitation beam.

Or so he believed.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.ck8.FEwL.MLb9ajaocyTx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

if you want to understand the long-term geopolitical consequences of electing the erratic Baby in Chief again, this is a good place to start:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gloves-off/id1820651848

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

“…it’s the American system — not just its presidency — that is in breakdown. From the Canadian side of the border, it is evident that the American left is in the middle of a grand abdication. No American institution, no matter how wealthy or privileged, seems willing to make any sacrifice for democratic values. If the president is Tony Soprano, the Democratic governors who plead with Canadian tourists to return are the Carmelas. They cluck their disapproval…”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/canada-america-allies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

yup

“…the second Trump administration has established a more enduring truth about the United States: It is no longer a country that keeps its agreements.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/canada-america-allies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
raph@social.coop ("Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון") wrote:

Standing Together activists disrupt a live broadcast of Big Brother in Israel, wearing “Leave Gaza” shirts and calling for an end to the genocide and against Netanyahu’s plan for permanent occupation of Gaza.

Standing Together started as a vague pro peace movement that refused to name apartheid. It's been good to see them become more radical and force other Israelis to face the genocide they're perpetrating.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

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