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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
dacig ("Juan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉") wrote:

@dougroudouvari @aral Yep, pre-existent moral vaccum.

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

@aral it wasn't much different back then

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

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
IMHO the moral vacuum of the West preexisted and Gaza only served as the cause to bring it to the surface

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

Were The Holocaust happening today, Western media would be awash with quotes from Hitler, the Third Reich, and Nazi sympathisers justifying it.

Israel has not only turned Gaza into a literal wasteland, it has also turned the West into a moral wasteland.

(And only the latter is self-inflicted.)

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie ("Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ") wrote:

The monstrous Israeli double-tap attack on a Gaza hospital that killed another 5 journalists https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c36jdze5r4ko

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
SANKOFAB@zirk.us ("🔻Stones of David🔻") wrote:

https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1960388286624449001

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen@a.gup.pe.social #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
SANKOFAB@zirk.us ("🔻Stones of David🔻") wrote:

This camera should be exhibited one day in the Genocide Memorial built in memory of the innumerable victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1960060864419000403

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen@a.gup.pe.social #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
peterdrake@mstdn.social ("Peter Drake") wrote:

IMMEDIATE need for a Visiting Professor or Visiting Instructor in Data Science and Statistics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.

https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty/job/Visiting-Professor-or-Visiting-Instructor-in-Data-Science-and-Statistics%5FR-004632

Please boost for reach!

#GetFediHired #FediHired #FediJobs #academia #DataScience #statistics #pdx #portland

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

If you got this far, there's now an expanded and cleaned up version of this thread at:

https://infrequently.org/2025/08/apple-vs-fb-kayfabe/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
rasterweb ("Pete Prodoehl 🍕") wrote:

Whew! Mistakes were made, but I got the dashboard of the Beat Bike put together. I can now pedal to set the tempo while I live program the drum machine. (No video of programming yet because I had to hold the phone up high!)

#bikeTooter #diy #maker #synth

Attachments:

• video: A video of a drum machine mounted on bike handlebars playing a pattern and having the tempo controlled by pedaling the bike.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

A list of 12 ADHD-friendly tips for getting stuff done !

Boosted by jwz:
tilde@infosec.town ("Tilde Lowengrimm") wrote:

Remember when you were a kid and you learned about Superman and thought it was totally ridiculous that Krypton was going to be destroyed but nobody did anything about it? I miss feeling that way.

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

finally our arm-tv (translation validation for LLVM's AArch64 backend) paper is out. this one took a long time, but I'm proud of it, it's as good as anything my group has produced

https://users.cs.utah.edu/~regehr/papers/arm-tv.pdf

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

I’m remembering now how the guy who dismissed my concern with his “I like rockets too” remark also tried to tell me that my concerns were entirely misguided because “we’re on the same side.”

That sentiment was bullshit in January (I’m absolutely *not* on the side that sees Nazi salutes as something to just shrug off) and it’s aged like milk since then.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lattera@bsd.network ("Shawn Webb") wrote:

It appears the vendor I used to use to purchased refurbished Dell PowerEdge servers didn't survive the pandemic.

Where do you all buy refurbished (doesn't have to be Dell) servers from?

Imaginary bonus points if they give discounts to human rights-focused tax-exempt not-for-profit 501(c)3 charitable organizations with a budget the size of a grain of sand.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

@adam to reporters on monday and in a meeting today Trump remarked about how the people are looking for a dictator (in discussing the possibilities of military in democrat run cities). Also his evil shadow called the democrat party a domestic extremist operation today in an interview on Fox.

It's escalating not slowing down. Explaining it away because it doesn't affect you at the expense of those it does effect is the height of privilege gone bad.

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

It started with two Nazi salutes at the inauguration.

“I like rockets too,” said someone who smugly downplayed my concern about Elon Musk.

Now we have “MechaHitler” and Nazi marches in our cities.

I know which side of this I’m on. But anyone who’s still saying that there isn’t a problem, or is still supporting Musk or making excuses for those who do, is absolutely telling you which side they’re on.

Pay attention.

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

Since January, I’ve been told that I’m “blowing the fascism stuff out of proportion”. I’ve been told that “there aren’t really any Nazis out there” and that I’m “overreacting”.

I don’t know if the guys who say this stuff are just ignorant or sympathizers, but anyone paying attention knows that this problem is very real, and that it is steadily growing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/s/aRoHFOu8G4

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Even as it offers a bit of useful context, the Associated Press adopts Trump regime propaganda, calling the military occupation of Washington, DC, a "law-enforcement surge" -- language that is both a lie and one-sided.

A perfect example of how Big Journalism bends its knee to power.

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

Oh shit yes. Works this way with film/TV stuff too.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@ericsmithrocks/post/DN1b2jJXB8f

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

Do any of us know what we’re made of, who we are at our core?

I submit that until you’ve stared down 12 inches of slightly soggy bread, with assorted cheeses and luncheon meats being hurled at you at several miles per hour while wearing body armor and protective gear, you can never truly know.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Apple's philosophy is simple:
If a feature isn't elegant enough for a keynote demo, it doesn't deserve to exist.

Want keyboard window resizing? Sorry, that's not sexy on a stage. Here's a weather app with animated raindrops that uses more GPU and RAM than Crysis.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

When I started the omglol interview series on my blog I wondered what I’d do if someone I interviewed left the omglol community and decided on “not much of anything” because the people in the community are open, welcoming, inclusive and sincerely worth knowing. Some links might go stale but I generally landed on “let it ride” so people can get to know some cool folks.

I am though going against that personal policy and unpublishing the second interview I did. To sum it up briefly, that individual heavily based (as in copied code) their personal site on another omg.lol members site. They got permission as the other member released it on a creative commons, attribution required, license. When that original developer tragically passed, the interviewee removed the attribution. When pressed about it, they refused (or "joked" about refusing while simultaneously not adding it back) to add it back because that person had passed away. That’s where it started. This refusal to follow the license agreement became a code of conduct violation.

These sorts of things matter. It would have mattered just as much if that original developer *hadn’t* been in the omglol community. There are many ways to maintain safety and security in a community; one of them is to make sure that people aren’t taking the work of others without accountability.

If you think that’s too far, fair enough. The beauty of a federated web is there are probably lots of places you can find to call home on it. I for one though don’t think it's to far and don’t really want to promote that sort of behavior so have removed the interview.

Anyways - go read some great interviews on my website if you want! I hope to get another round of 3 going soon!

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Open Source to the rescue:

brew install --cask alt-tab

Honestly, everything on macOS feels like an ugly workaround.

Want to tab-cycle through all open windows? Need an app for that.

Want different scroll directions for trackpad and mouse wheel? Need an app for that.

Want to resize windows with mouse and keyboard shortcut? Need an app for that.

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
mhoye wrote:

"I’ve invested in a new odometer that will help my car go faster. Accountability is important, and as a driver, I believe in setting measurable, achievable and inspiring goals for the people pushing my car down the road."

I'm not sure what to say to people who don't quite realize they sound like this.

Look, I still think we can solve real problems. But we have to start by pointing at the real problems.

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

There are also ventilation structures for the various railroad and subway tunnels that cross the NYC rivers, but their smaller size makes them less prominent. (The electric trains that use these tunnels don't produce exhaust that has to be as aggressively vented as in an automotive tunnel).

Let me just mention that photographing buildings from across the major avenues during the day in midtown Manhattan is like playing a video game in "extreme hardcore" mode.

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

Manhattan boasts six large ventilation towers serving the four automobile tunnels that cross the Hudson and East Rivers: two each for the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, and one each for the Queens-Midtown and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels.

All sport an industrial art deco design reflecting their early/mid 20th century construction. Their large scale and lack of windows lends them an air of mystery; the exterior of the Battery Tunnel building was used as the secret HQ in the Men in Black films.

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

The Lincoln Tunnel, opened in 1937, is a multi-tube automobile tunnel that connects midtown Manhattan with Weehawken, NJ under the Hudson (North) river. To provide fresh air and remove dangerous car exhaust, three ventilation towers (two in Manhattan and one in NJ) exchange the air in the tunnels approximately every 90 seconds.

Infrastructure is heroic.

I didn't notice the "Camera Use Prohibited" sign until it was too late. I guess their secret is out now.

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

Rodenstock HR Digaron-W 32mm/4.0 lens (@ f/7.1), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 64), Cambo WRS 1250 camera, shifted vertically -5mm, horizontally -15mm. Cropped a bit.

This humble and functional, yet handsome, art deco structure is the easternmost of three ventilation towers for the Lincoln Tunnel and was completed with its first tube in 1937. The facade was refurbished about ten years ago. It also hosts a large array of cellular telephone base station antennas.

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

Lincoln Tunnel Ventilation Tower, 491 11th Avenue, NYC, 2025.

All the pixels, none of the tolls, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54365775629

#photography