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jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein it guesses how many floppies are in the basket or else it gets the hose again
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/08/29.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Misty glow

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

SwiftUI components make…weird assumptions. “Document-based with always-visible sidebar and one or two columns in the main view”: NavigationSplitView, tada! But while you can switch between one and three columns, they hide from the *left,* not the right. Because who wants always-on sidebars?

jwz wrote:

Recent movies and TV.

Sinners (2025): Absolutely glorious vampiring. Perfect, no notes. Fear Below (2025): I thought this was going to be just another "divers encounter a shark" movie (which is fine, I like that movie) but it was...
https://jwz.org/b/ykuT

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

Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/pictures-not-photos-whats-going-on-with-the-pixel-10-pro-pro-res-zoom/

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
torgo ("Daniel Appelquist") wrote:

One of the key AI-related themes from this week, from multiple conversations and presentations, has been that if AI is used, it should be used as *a* tool, and that a human must ultimately be responsible. Also: if your use of AI reduces your personal workload but this increases the workload of others (for example, who have to then clean up your mess), then you're just being an asshole.

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link@twink.men ("link (t)wink :certified_catboy:") wrote:

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copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

I have cancer. Scientists are trying to find a cure. RFK Jr. is firing the scientists who are saving my life. I hate the motherfucker. He’s trying to kill me, so fuck him.

He must be fired immediately before he causes unnecessary deaths from his conspiracy theories and non-medical expertise.

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ikonha@zeroes.ca ("Hannu Ikonen / Phillip Stall") wrote:

Just the usual Thursday headlines, I see.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
keithjgrant@front-end.social ("Keith J Grant") wrote:

Does anybody know an illustrator who does art nouveau style work (in vector)? If not, I guess I'll probably just see what I can find on fiverr (or elsewhere?)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
heyheymomo@socel.net wrote:

It’s that time again! I’ll be drawing all your requests for user icons 😊

👉 €35,- per icon
👉 one character per icon
👉 they are icons, meant for small size. Nothing with lots of detail etc
👉 all icons are small momo style little guys

Order here: https://ko-fi.com/heyheymomo/commissions

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

Your art history post for today: by Ernie Barnes (1938-2009), The Drum Major, 2003, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. A former pro football player, he said “I traded my cleats for canvas, my bruises for brushes, and put all the violence and power I’d felt on the field into my paintings. #blackart #blackartist #painting #oilpainting

His obituary from The New York Times, April 30, 2009: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/arts/30barnes.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.hk8.ebJp.U1S4JX3R7oxH&smid=url-share

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

The thing about spiders is…they keep making more spiders.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/29/i-didnt-even-know-she-was-pregnant/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
reginasbread@homo.promo ("sophia") wrote:

Polish player named Kamil Majchrzak won his US Open match. I'd like to wish good luck to American announcers and commentators. you can do this.

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

I had friends who would go to this back in the day. I wonder if they still do.

(And no, I've never been and don't intend to go. I don't do camping in a general sense, I am a soft boi who likes showers and air conditioning, and if I want to see tech jerks being socially clueless, I have all of the Internet for that.)

RE: https://www.threads.com/@lyzlenz/post/DN8EbbJDX8f

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

amusing juxtaposition

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-might-be-secretly-scanning-your-phones-camera-roll-how-to-check-and-turn-it-off/
"Some Facebook users have noticed new settings that let Meta analyze and retain your phone's photos. Yes, you read that right."

Hurrah for the security and privacy of Native apps!

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Elegoo are apparently violating the GPL:

https://freethecode.lol/

Bonus lols:

"Health checks ping servers 10+ times per minute"
"Printer generates 70GB+ of traffic per month while idle"

#3dprinting

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

Today, the Israeli army declared the city of Gaza a dangerous combat zone, violently bombing it and blowing up homes nonstop with merciless attacks.
@palestine #gaza #gazaunderattack #gazagenocide

Attachments:

• video: 2f104c56e6bc8d16.mp4

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
h3artbl33d@exquisite.social ("h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve:") wrote:

Belgium now opposes #chatcontrol :flan_hurrah:

But we aren't there yet, far from it. Lets bury this fucker :flan_molotov:

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
WebAxe@a11y.info ("Web Axe") wrote:

Why use Able Player instead of `video`? - Joe Dolson Web Accessibility https://www.joedolson.com/2025/07/why-use-able-player-instead-of-video/ #video #webdev #a11y #accessibility #html #webdevelopment

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

Contemplating the death of Trump -- it's not all good news.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/29/prepare-for-chaos/

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
DakkiReads@jorts.horse ("Dakki Reads") wrote:

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
DakkiReads@jorts.horse ("Dakki Reads") wrote:

@farah "You must be willing to listen to opposing viewpoints"

From a beloved friend or family member, on the best burger in town, in person?

yeah

From a sealioning stranger, on the morality of genocide, on the looking-at-memes screen?

fuck no

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

"Open"AI is scanning its users' chats and reporting them to the cops.

https://futurism.com/openai-scanning-conversations-police

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

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We particularly welcome and encourage applications from trans people, Black People and People of Colour, neurodivergent people and disabled people.

For more info go to http://transactual.org.uk/jobs

#hiring #vacancy #LookingForWork #Queerjobs #trans #transgender #nonbinary

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

2/ The new plan would massively expand this kind of data-sharing.

At the same time, the proposal does not outline clear and detailed plans for how to keep that data safe to EU standards.

While it says it will include clauses to terminate or suspend the agreement if the US can't ensure that it upholds fundamental rights, many would argue that this is already the case.

So, why would we make such an agreement at all?

Read more: https://www.statewatch.org/news/2025/august/eu-prepares-to-give-us-direct-access-to-police-and-immigration-databases/

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

1/ A new EU plan could expand access to personal data for US immigration and law enforcement.

This proposal document (see article) was released without a press announcement or much mention at all, yet it contains alarming plans.

Under the US's Visa Waiver Program (VWP), countries whose citizens can travel to the US without a visa already have to let US agencies search their police databases to see whether travellers have been involved in terrorism or serious crime.

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

RFK jr claims he'll announce the discovery of the causes of autism in September. I look forward to that awesome revelation, but I won't believe a word of it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/29/good-news-on-the-autism-front/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9K3mw9Qso

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:

#OtD 29 Aug 1979 after years of fruitless campaigning, 30-40 activists took direct action and occupied the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare in protest at homosexuality being classified as a mental illness. They quickly won https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12479/lgbt-occupation-of-swedish-health-board