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Boosted by jwz:
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

jwz wrote:

Sax, possibly violence.

For important comedy purposes, I would like to buy several saxophones. They don't have to work *at all,* but they do have to be cheap. Like, "beat to hell and rejected from a middle school music program" is what I'm hoping for. Unfortunately even broken saxophones seem to be going for a couple hundred bucks on eBay, and my joke is not *that* funny. Anyone got a lead?
https://jwz.org/b/yktm

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

I'm going to pronounce it M-S-N-O-W and also still not watch it because I think watching cable news is a bad idea in general

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I got my War of Being LP sleeve signed by them. We agreed the names of the songs on the Altered State album (my favorite album) are difficult to remember when they asked me which of their songs was my favorite. They ended up performing the song I had in mind later anyway! #ArcTanGent

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

Can capitalism just die now, please? https://mastodon.world/@davidho/115046724177703023

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
reiver ("@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:") wrote:

🎉 Right now, many people are leaving GitHub for Codeberg.

💵 If you were previously paying for a GitHub account, please consider redirecting that support to Codeberg.

❤️ Your donation can help keep this community-driven platform running strong.

👇 Donate here:
https://liberapay.com/codeberg/donate

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#codeberg #git #GitHub

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

Everything here is scary.

We are afraid of everything.

There is no human life here. Every detail of life is frightening.

I'm very depressed 😞

#gaza #palestine

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

Do you know what it means to live only to survive?

We spend the day looking for food, water, or wood to make a fire.

We keep thinking about what we will do tomorrow.

Life here changes in one minute.

Please help my family survive via the link in the bio 🇵🇸 :underheart:

#gaza #palestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

Mosab Abu Toha | Families sheltering inside the UNRWA clinic in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood are currently under siege.
Israeli tanks have suddenly advanced on the area, and intense gunfire is preventing anyone from leaving the building.
They are trapped, with no safe way out.
Families there are in danger.
@palestine #gaza #gazaunderattack

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

Evergreen not actually satire

RE: https://www.threads.com/@theonion/post/DNgk0WYqf26

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Chris learns Vim

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/a9sijmZ4GQMA1dk2B3QVDq

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Drew teaches me how to use Vim in my latest video

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/a9sijmZ4GQMA1dk2B3QVDq

#vim #linux #foss #opensource

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
OscarCunningham@mathstodon.xyz ("Oscar Cunningham") wrote:

A working QR code in the style of Piet Mondrian. Inspired @divbyzero and @andrewt.

#Art #PietMondrian #QRCode

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
onthisday ("On This Day In History") wrote:

Today in 1920, 105 years ago: The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

#OnThisDay

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

I was away at the Worldcon for several days, I have not watched the news in the interim, I assume it was all mostly bad, anyway here is a cat

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

What's making it difficult to suspend my belief is that I'm an hour into this film and the idealistic software developer protagonist with a background in FOSS hasn't lectured anyone on their choice of operating system yet

I can believe the word salad, I can quite obviously believe in tech megacorps being evil and mass surveillance, hell you could have them hire a giant rabbit, say it's an infosec specialist and I'm not even going to question it, but this is too far.

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

Alexandra Petri continues to be a national treasure

RE: https://www.threads.com/@petridish3s/post/DNggF0-Rvsu

jwz wrote:

I finally got around to adding XSLT styling to my blogs' RSS feeds, after the latest Google assholery. Let me know if it breaks anything.
https://jwz.org/b/yktk

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

"It's not a feature, it's a bug"

#nature #naturephotography #bugs #wildlife #wildlifephotography #insects

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
alcinnz@floss.social wrote:

A Secret Web - Benjamin Hollon:
https://blog.clew.se/posts/secret-web/

An excellent overview!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mogul@hachyderm.io ("Bret Mogilefsky") wrote:

This is so cool! I thank the rabbits for their service.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250818102941.htm

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

Really missing Bernard Aboba today. Tell the co-workers you appreciate how great they are while you can, because life is short.

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

I don’t know what more to say. Don’t look away. Our governments must act right now to stop this genocide. https://mas.to/@Aseelsehwel/115050792327341929

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

The occupation tanks have surrounded us now!😭💔
@palestine #gaza #genocide #gazaunderattack

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

Please keep us in your prayers.
Today is a decisive day for the people of Gaza: either the war will stop, or there will be forced displacement and the destruction of what remains in northern Gaza.
@palestine #gaza #freepalestine

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

colleague: "hey, did I ask you to review this doc yet? "
me: [ opens link, reads ]
me: "nope, and I can tell because there's no names or dates on it"

https://infrequently.org/names-and-dates/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

TesseracT is simply unbeatable as the highlight of #ArcTanGent 2025 for me. They always put up such a great performance. The music, the choreography, the lights, the props, they were rightfully the culmination of the entire festival this year.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

I love this mural of Harriet Tubman by artist Michael Rosato

harriettubmanmural.com
#HarrietTubman

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
AlJazeera@flipboard.com ("Al Jazeera") wrote:

UK warns Sally Rooney after novelist pledges to fund Palestine Action
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/uk-warns-sally-rooney-after-novelist-pledges-to-fund-palestine-action?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-AlJazeera

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
darkuncle@infosec.exchange ("Scott Francis") wrote:

Stanford researchers used an implantable brain-computer interface to decode the inner speech of patients with up to 74% accuracy. The study used a “mental password” to activate the decoding for privacy. (via thenewpaper.co)

(The potential for people with speech pathologies or impairments is enormous, but so is the risk posed by any security vulnerabilities. -- ed.)

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/15/a-brain-computer-chip-can-read-peoples-minds-with-up-to-74-accuracy