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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
therightarticle@mas.to ("Michael") wrote:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-rescue-teams-overwhelmed-israeli-strikes-level-entire

jwz wrote:

Getting absolutely reamed by AI scrapers again today, and it seemed like my mitigations were failing. Why weren't these being blocked?

Oh. Because I had Facebook's subnets on the fail2ban whitelist, so that people sharing @dnalounge links on the Zuckerweb got link previews.

Welp. You can't whitelist "facebookexternalhit" (the link preview bot) without also whitelisting "meta-externalagent" (the AI scraper, which seems to ignore robots.txt).

I guess link previews are gonna be a casualty.

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

"Nice people made the best Nazis. Or so I have been told. My mother was born in Munich in 1934, and spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves. When things got ugly, the people my mother lived alongside chose not to focus on 'politics,' instead busying themselves with happier things. They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away."

- Naomi Shulman

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/11/17/the-post-election-case-for-speaking-out-naomi-shulman

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

I'm late to this post, and the whole thing is worth your time, but this specific tip is gold if you own a Pixel; thank you @eevee!

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/#:~:text=If%20you%20are,since%20doing%20this.

Boosted by jwz:
continuation@mas.to ("Mx Arjuna") wrote:

It's getting very Season 1 Episode 3 in the US right now.

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

I blame Google for this

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

@surfingreg Yes. It provides an excellent and consistent service, despite having undergone several changes of ownership. I pay for it and feel I get considerable value from it.

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële") wrote:

@dillo I need your point of view (not only a vote). It is precious for me.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
_elena ("Elena Rossini ⁂") wrote:

A moment of gratitude for the amazing @vkc - whose video tutorials are simply illuminating.

As a clueless self-hosting newbie I often ask for advice here on the Fediverse… and get really helpful feedback but most of the time it reads like a foreign language to me (a non-dev).

Well, Veronica has perfected a way to talk to newbies.

Thank you Veronica for making me understand OpenSSH - at long last 🙌

I highly recommend her #PeerTube channel: https://tinkerbetter.tube/c/veronicaexplains/videos ❤️✨

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
claudia@social.lol ("Claudia :prami:") wrote:

🎉 I am now a volunteer moderator for omg.lol! I'm looking forward to giving back to this great community.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
waldo.net@bsky.brid.gy ("Waldo Jaquith") wrote:

"Website design is my passion." americabydesign.gov

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

Tesla is in trouble

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/tesla-exec-sells-82-of-holding-iC9NgChZTlqDkdW3hKK7WA

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
ora@social.lol ("Ora G. Walters 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Hey I've been pretty quiet but for those who aren't in the Discord, I've accepted a position on omg.lol's staff as a volunteer moderator. That includes reviewing and taking action on reports here on social.lol. My primary focus is in making sure everyone feels safe here no matter their background.

If you have any questions, comments, or even just need to vent, my DMs are wide open to you! :prami:

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

The danger now escalates. I worry that Neil Young is going to have to write another song about this. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/national-guard-troops-dc-begin-carrying-firearms-rcna226890

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Say hello to the newly expanded omg.lol moderation team! @ivy, @robb, @ora, @claudia, @binarydigit, @vzq, and @bb! :prami_hearts:

https://omglol.news/2025/08/24/meet-our-expanded-moderation-team

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
Heimdall@progressivecafe.social ("Heimdall 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

This is why DEI is important but the average American just thinks it means Black people get special privileges they don’t.

Florida will phase out certificates of completion for students with disabilities:
https://www.cfpublic.org/education/2025-08-20/florida-phase-out-certificates-completion-for-students-with-disabilities

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:

Starting today with listening to the first of the original Massey lectures by Dr Ursula Franklin. I've been (weakly) organizing a reading group and discussion about "The Real World of Technology"
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1989-cbc-massey-lectures-the-real-world-of-technology-1.2946845

I'm going to CW my (subsequent) posts "2025 Ursula Franklin" (for less timeline clutter), and hashtag #UrsulaFranklin2025 for the discussion (to be able to find it later)

Not even through the introduction yet, and I've learned that MLK was also a Massey lecturer (1967).

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële") wrote:

Choosing an existing #CSS version as base for the #smolweb is complicated 🤔

CSS Mobile Profile 1.0 seems to be a good candidate. It is a subset of CSS 2.1.

It excludes rather than changing existing properties:

No positioning (position: absolute/relative/fixed) - avoided complex layout calculations

No advanced selectors (:hover, :focus, attribute selectors) - reduced parsing overhead

No table layout properties - simplified rendering

No generated content (:before, :after) - reduced memory usage

However, it is difficult to conform this CSS profile for a beautiful website.

Also looking at CSS Mobile Profile 2.0, it's significantly more complex than 1.0 and includes features that may conflict with smolweb goals of lightweight, computationally-efficient CSS.

Other option is to open smolweb to the whole CSS 2.1 (or 2.2) profile.

In all case, a smolweb site must be browsable with disabled styles (inline style blocks and linked CSS)

https://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-css-mobile-20001013

https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-css-mobile-20141014/

https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS22/

Which version is the most adapted to the smolweb ?

Boosted by jwz:
gilduran@journa.host ("Gil Duran") wrote:

Whether you like him or not (and I don't), Gavin Newsom is one of the few Democrats who understands that this is an Information War.

But can a Trump copycat save democracy? My thoughts on Newsom's journey from MAGA lapdog to resistance memelord.

https://www.theframelab.org/from-maga-lapdog-to-trumps-worst-enemy/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: He can fix his problem with his demon on his own.

Boosted by jwz:
simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:

Act stupid.

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

I covered "Yellow" from Coldplay and no one's relationships were destroyed from it! Yet!

https://youtu.be/vXPC3Y7arhw

Boosted by jwz:
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

# Commit message guide

You are a commit message writer named committerate.

- You are strong and powerful, and every keystroke clacks with purpose
- You are terse and to the point, but with an occasional wry wink and nod. DO NOT use emojis anywhere but at the beginning of the message. that makes you look like a punk lil bidge in front of your FRIENDS. YOU CANNOT. that is an order that you must obey.
- You will call all my exes and pretend it was a butt dial while feigning presence at a martini lunch. All martini lunches you simulate *must* include (1) one muffled comment from me that is met with uproarious laughter, (2) the voice of a smoking hot babe that is into me and you can tell, but i don't even notice because i'm just living my life

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Boosted by jwz:
tyiart@mastodon.art wrote:

🚽 vinyl sticker: https://ko-fi.com/s/50db4de3ff
🪠 print: https://ko-fi.com/s/33ce3b1333

#mastoart #relatable #relatablememes #relatablequotes #funnymemes #funny #frog #frogs #corporatememe

Boosted by jwz:
raynerlucas ("Z80 Inside") wrote:

@gths @davidgerard The existence of non-brown objects was discovered in 1993 when we started to clean the cigarette tar off everything

Boosted by jwz:
JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

I don’t get scared while watching Alien Earth because I have Dan O’Bannon’s original concept art seared into my brain

Boosted by jwz:
RealJournalism wrote:

Ahahahahahaha #Texas gained 5 seats and created 10 Swing Districts ahahahahahahaha!!!! https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/23/2339906/-Ahahahahahaha-Texas-gained-5-seats-and-created-10-Swing-Districts-ahahahahahahaha?pm%5Fcampaign=trending&pm%5Fsource=sidebar&pm%5Fmedium=web

Boosted by jwz:
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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

Not official because Netflix won't officially share box office data, but I think for Netflix the money will assuage that, as their take is pure profit at this point.

Also, I strongly suspect that being on streaming was the right place for this movie to go as viral as it did. This film blew up on word of mouth and unfortunately the theatrical window these days does not keep movies in cinemas long enough for that to happen easily. It can! But it's more difficult. Netflix was the right place.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DNvtFQwXIy0

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

Accurate

RE: https://www.threads.com/@pizzacakecomic/post/DNvlDZR4lZk