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jwz wrote:

It was hard to pick pull quotes from this because every paragraph is perfect:

Anthony Moser: I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

https://jwz.org/b/ykuI

jwz wrote:

The power we use and the power we give.

Philip Bump: It is useful and important to look at this question not through the lens of persuasion but the lens of power. Your engagement and your work, not unlike your vote, is a form of power, something you...
https://jwz.org/b/ykuG

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Just finished watching this retelling of the epic of Gilgamesh, and the analysis at the end was very fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhXsi%5FC-bY

(I wish there wouldn't be so many jump-cuts, but oh well…)

#history

Boosted by jwz:
pbump@journa.host ("Philip Bump") wrote:

I wrote about my transition from The Washington Post and how I'm looking at my future. But mostly I wrote about who is trying to use your power for their own purposes. https://www.pbump.net/o/the-power-we-use-and-the-power-we-give/

Boosted by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
elly@donotsta.re wrote:

checking whether the C compiler works... no

Understandable, have a nice weekend

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

Thank you all for your donations so far. It’s the middle of the week and we’re almost half way there.

Can we get this to $500 by the end of the week so Aseel can feed her family?

Please share.

💕 https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115095609666982728

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

Our life became nothing but a search for food, drinking water and shelter.

We only look for food and water to live one more day. We know death can come anytime but we still try to survive.

Now we realize that as time passes, the chances to survive are getting smaller and may soon disappear completely.

Kindly help my family to survive in the link in the bio

#palestine #gaza

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

@Aseelsehwel @aral @palestine At the same time the Israeli government is placing paid ad videos on YouTube claiming that everything is fake news, the markets are full, people are going to the restaurants, everyone is happy and have everything what they need available. It’s quite infuriating

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

Smolweb validator v1.3.0 provides a new experimental analysis of the CSS of your page. It does not analyse the complexity of the CSS selectors (only in a future version).

Rules that determine the grade of each CSS property or property value are in a config file.

The online validator also generates how a basic #smolweb browser render your page

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

Hey cis folks in the US: there is a high probability that things are going to get even darker here for your trans family, friends, neighbors, and strangers. Now is the time to show them that you will stand up for them.

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

Day 1 of the @robb + omg.lol St. Jude fundraiser is in the books, and we’ve already raised over $1,000! :prami_happy: Huge thanks to everyone who donated and got things rolling today. You’re all awesome!

Attachments:

• gifv: Thank You So Much Laughing GIF by Pusheen

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

(Okay I admit, my inner monologue is not very good with the insults. Come to think of it, neither is my outer monologue.

Also, did they just create that blog yesterday to make that post? It's the only one on there. Stellar.)

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

Wow. It's like somebody's been eavesdropping on my inner monologue about these slop machines.

"I Am An AI Hater":

https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html

Especially this part:

"They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
thomholwerda@exquisite.social ("Thom, I use 9front btw") wrote:

Fahrenheit is the Comic Sans of temperature scales.

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

@LillyHerself Tilt and Swing movements (which are possible with large format view cameras and as a feature on a handful of specialized DSLR lenses) tilt the plane of focus away from the film/sensor plane. Usually, the same distance from the camera is in focus across the frame. With tilt and swing, the focal distance changes across the frame. This can be used to keep, e.g., the ground in focus in a landscape as it goes to the distance, or, as here, to restrict what's in focus to a narrow slice.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

“My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece & lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him & his legacy proud. The nation’s health security is at risk & is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.”

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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

This was made with a DSLR and a swinging lens to provide selective focus on the milepost at left. This moved the plane of focus to be non-parallel with the sensor, yielding only a sliver in focus.

Image was was captured at "Park Junction" in Philadelphia, where the former Reading Railroad once met the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. What caught my eye was the old school graffiti moniker on the base of the milepost, in a style traditionally used by yard workers and hobos to tag freight cars.

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

Park Junction, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

More pixels than are warranted at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4472088022

#photography

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

What's the best part of this thread?

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/170758

/cc @Migueldeicaza

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Always fascinating to watch how an artist can draw some circles and then just "draw the rest of the effing owl" (or gorilla in this case.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr5CWB338xE

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

DC is now a sanctuary city for the proverbial ham sandwich.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ("David Revoy") wrote:

Cookies

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lindsey@recurse.social ("Lindsey Kuper") wrote:

OOPSLA accepted papers list is out! https://2025.splashcon.org/track/OOPSLA

Looking forward to the Jonathan Brachthäuser session

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
audubonballroon ("Audubon Ballroon (he/him)") wrote:

@bpppennsylvaniachapter, a Black Goddess/King shared the video below.

#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackmastodon

Attachments:

• video: b132cd6d08291841.mp4

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

understanding the difference between lawful & unlawful orders is about to become important again:

https://www.militaryandveteranslaw.com/blog/2024/02/lawful-and-unlawful-orders-can-you-tell-the-difference/

https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/115100972566488559

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Contrary to earlier reporting, the FDA has approved COVID-19 vaccines - from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax - but with restrictions.

Eligibility:
65+: Yes
Others: At least one high-risk health condition, such as asthma or obesity (+ others)
Children under 5: Not eligible for Pfizer

Moderna's Spikevax vaccine is only approved for children with at least one serious health problem.

It's better than an outright ban, but still based on ideology and pseudo-science.

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-covid-shots-fda-kennedy-pfizer-children-9ce19908ae7afb354732aa162fd28532
2/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gimulnautti@mastodon.green ("Toni Aittoniemi") wrote:

Revealed: US Vice President #JDVance called comander-in-chief of of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy #Zaluzhny to discuss “potential leadership changes” after Oval Office meeting of February 2025.

Zaluzhny refused to talk, instead immediately called Zelensky to inform what Vance was planning.

So. In other words, #US leadership was directly involved in trying to arrange a #coup in #Ukraine. In February this year. This is the state of matters.

https://baltimorechronicle.com/world/2025/08/26/vance-attempted-to-arrange-a-call-with-zaluzhny-after-the-trump-zelensky-confrontation/
#NAFO

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

You have to start to wonder if the interior decorator is actually trolling him.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
defendopsdiaries@infosec.exchange ("The DefendOps Diaries") wrote:

Imagine ransomware that writes its own playbook on the fly. PromptLock is using AI to dodge detection and hit across every platform. How ready are we for cyber threats that constantly evolve?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/ai-powered-ransomware-the-rise-of-promptlock-and-its-implications/

#ai
#ransomware
#cybersecurity
#promptlock
#infosec

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

‘President Donald Trump had nominated Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, after withdrawing his first pick, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, who was criticized for his views on vaccines and autism. Monarez was confirmed in July.
Monarez had scheduled an agencywide call Monday, but that was canceled Friday’

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115102713877798255