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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
davidcelis@xoxo.zone ("david celis") wrote:

GitHub straight up blocked a woman from the community org for writing this in the discussion about Grok in Copilot. The entire situation is growing exponentially more distasteful the longer they choose to censor rather than respond. This is just so, so shameful.

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

Again, I'm not really a video gamey person, but I can appreciate this solid effort to preserve some of its history. The Video Game History Foundation secured the rights to a very early video game publication and made it CC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnckC-JuOR0

jwz wrote:

The Super-Weird Origins of the Right's Hatred of the Smithsonian.

Conservative antipathy toward the institution began long ago: with the bones of Bible giants. Did you hear the one about the Smithsonian hiding the bones of Bible giants in the...
https://jwz.org/b/ykuY

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

Customer service agent, probably NOT reading from a script: "According to our records you've been a customer with us three times longer than my longest marriage lasted."

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:") wrote:

Today, @zzclaybourne hand-delivered the last print copy of the long-awaited "Amnandi Sails."

The magic of mail is lovely, but the magic of celebratory sundaes with Sufficient Nuts is better.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
joe@f.duriansoftware.com ("Joe Groff") wrote:

Our new design language features crisp right angles, giving the feeling of precision while allowing your content to reach all the way into the corners of our trademark Rectangular displays. Solid colors clearly delineate controls, furthering that feeling of precision while allowing your content to stand out, all while providing ready access to the tools you need. We call it Solid Metal

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
drfyzziks@makervine.net ("Dr. Fyzziks") wrote:

For those of us of a certain age: somebody took EVERY DJ break by Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati) and matched it with the music he was announcing. The result is a 3 hour Dr. Johnny Fever show which you can listen to here: https://www.awphooey.com/wkrp

It’s pretty fun and the music mix is good.

#GenX #WKRP

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
lavp ("Les Autres Voix de la Presse") wrote:

C'est la rentrée tant pour les parutions que pour les lecteurices de la presse indépendante. Voici venu le n°21 du @lowtechjournal par ce qu'il faut aussi savoir commencer la rentrée en douceur !
https://www.lowtechjournal.fr/achatnumero/low-tech-journal-n-21-waylibus-scolaire-bioponie-de-salon.html

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

Captured with a Nikkor 90mm/4.5 lens on a Sinar P camera with a BetterLight 4x5 scanning digital back.

This is really more a study in lines than anything else. The simple, unadorned design of the derelict building invites interpreting and exploring abstract forms.

Last I checked, this building, from Treasure Island's time as a naval base, was still standing, but the vegetation is definitely winning.

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

Pipes, Threasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 2007.

All the pixels, good as new, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/2115767503

#photography

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
librewolf@chaos.social ("LibreWolf") wrote:

#LibreWolf v142.0.1-1 is now available!

https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/releases/tag/142.0.1-1

https://librewolf.net/installation/

No major changes from LibreWolf's end.

See https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/142.0.1/releasenotes/ for upstream changes.

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

If anyone's interested you can follow @freebooter.uk to keep up-to-date with my new local news and events site. It's still a work-in-progress though.

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

Just a little thing, what I wrote today:

Lydney Council mows down opposition in unanimous decision to purchase mighty Kubota F391
https://freebooter.uk/posts/lydney-council-mows-down-opposition-in-unanimous-decision-to-purchase-mighty-kubota-f391/index.html

Boosted by jwz:
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription.

CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC

Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI

CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and NM.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
georgemonbiot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("George Monbiot") wrote:

1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on: - fox hunting - Reform UK - antagonism to asylum seekers. In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...🧵

Bluefin tuna are miraculously ...

Boosted by jwz:
lethalbit@chaos.social ("aki-nyan") wrote:

How you know you found the good shit:tm:

when the IEEE paper starts invoking faux 3D sigils made of logic symbols

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ INDIE SLEAZE PLEASE at DNA Lounge tonight: Fri Aug 29, 9:30pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/08-29d.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #indiesleazeplease #indierock #indiepop #electroclash #bloghouse #sanfrancisco

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• gifv: 7475b1953ef5c88e.mp4

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.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
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.

Boosted by jwz:
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