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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
gluedex@donphan.social wrote:

#gluedex #pokemon

A happy Chimecho

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:

In this week's Web Technology News, I unveil a new and improved format. I've added a "WTN Note" to many of the news items, so that this becomes more of a business and strategy briefing than just a list of interesting links. The 3 categories are now:

1. Web Platform Opportunities
2. Open Social Business
3. AI x Web: Emerging Strategies

https://webtechnology.news/new-w3c-design-webmcp-and-newsletter-improvements/

Fedi folk mentioned: @koalie, @johnallsopp, @bkardell, @marypcbuk, @slightlyoff, @newsmast, @biilmann, @hedders, @JonChevreau

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

@manton And if you think it’s *me* that’s causing anything, when *you’re* the one blogging praise for people who actively insult marginalized people, you really need to figure your own stuff out, man. Don’t blame me for your inability to do basic research or your choice to offend a ton of people by supporting hurtful people. Holy victim delusion, Batman.

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
joeress ("Joe Ressington") wrote:

This is worth a read before trying the "hot new distro".

https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

He thinks that even if you were born in the UK, you only count as British if you’re white. He wouldn’t consider living in London specifically because it has too many people of color. He uses racist tropes to accuse Asian men of being dangerous predators who attack white women. He pushes debunked conspiracy theories about immigrants replacing white people. He finds a march where speakers called for banning all non-Christian religions and ethnically cleansing immigrants “heartwarming”. Finally — and maybe most alarmingly — he argues that all of the above is normal and not extreme.

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

techno-solutionism that entirely relies on capital to exist, gets shut down the moment it challenges power? you don't say

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

Apparently there are fully-grown, educated people out there who don’t realize that minorities can also be bigots.

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
cssbasics@hachyderm.io ("CSS Basics") wrote:

Prevent scrollbar jump: "The scrollbar-gutter #CSS property tells the browser to reserve space for a scrollbar, even when one isn’t visible. It can be used to prevent that visual shift." https://gomakethings.com/prevent-scrollbar-jump/

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

It may not cost anything to speak up on the internet, but there can still be a price to pay. The last time I shared my opinion about this guy, his BFF (the guy who makes MarsEdit) sicked his large following on me. I received some of the most vile emails I’ve ever seen, and even had a surprise pizza delivery. To my home. At midnight.

The emails have already started again today.

There is nothing more fragile than entitled guys in tech.

https://social.lol/@adam/115311195571380052

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
concretedog wrote:

Hurrah! #SOURCE issue 3 is out now! There's a focus on #openhardware for this issue with tutorials on the wonderful @FreeCAD , the mighty @kicad , the fabulous @inkscape and also getting your project certified by the brilliant @oshwassociation. As ever it's pay as you feel, links are on this post https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/10/source-issue-3-out-now-open-hardware.html #CAD #CAM #PCB #KiCad #FreeCAD #Inkscape #FreeCadFriday #opensource

Please Boost! and have a great weekend. X

The cover of issue 3 of SOURCE magazine. The cover has a diagonal image across the centre with a stack of purple PCB's which are the output of one of the tutorials in the magazine. There is some green text describing the magazine content.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
adapalmer@wandering.shop ("Ada Palmer") wrote:

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has fired off a stream of laser-encoded data across 218 million miles. And Earth caught it. The test, part of the Deep Space Optical Communications project, used California telescopes to aim and decode the faint beams, after earlier feats like streaming ultra-HD video from 19 million miles. With 65 test passes complete, the system points to a future where Mars missions swap radio crackle for broadband bursts of light. NotebookCheck https://www.notebookcheck.net/NASA-successfully-sends-and-receives-data-encoded-with-lasers-from-218-million-miles-away.1119661.0.html

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’:

"Google said apps that have user generated content must also conduct content moderation."

Painfully obvious who has complete control over the means of communication.

#ICE https://www.404media.co/google-calls-ice-agents-a-vulnerable-group-removes-ice-spotting-app-red-dot/

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

"my blog post is not a commentary on the substance of whatever it was"

Of course. But it was *stunning* commentary on your level of ignorance.

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

I’ve had to deal with so much shit from people (mostly his friends, lol) who think that I’ve just bad-mouthed this guy for a year or so because I’m a meanie or because of some kind of business/competitive angle. But no, I’ve only ever been trying to shine a light on the fact that he is clueless, and having clueless people in charge of social spaces is dangerous. https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
powderpaint@glitch.social wrote:

🍂ITS FINALLY HERE 🍂

our post-punk inspired banger 'Wait' is pay-what-you-want on bandcamp

it's bandcamp friday today and artists get full share of proceeds, so grab it now 🙏🏼✨

https://powderpaint.bandcamp.com/track/wait

we hope you love it as much as we do

cover art for a single by powderpaint called 'wait' - shonalika, a brown goth with long black hair and dark make-up, stands in a forest looking wistfully off-camera. hazel, a white trans fem with shaggy brown hair, stands next to shonalika looking at them

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
NumenSkog@mastodon.art ("🎃 Numen Skog - Spooky bird 🎃") wrote:

Just a brush test (i've like zero spoons this week so help with alt text is appreciated)

#art #sketch #digitalsketchbook #procreate #portrait #artistworkout #MastoArt #fediart #DigitalArt #ALT4you

a portrait of a black woman with glasses

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
tubetime ("ToOoOb👻Time") wrote:

hmm i guess technically this is an alligator clip because it has the wider jaw

chart comparing top view of alligators, crocodiles, and clips

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Beyond credibility | A Working Library”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/beyond-credibility

> That is, faced with the horror of women’s experience, Freud rejected the evidence in front of him. Rather than believe the women he had collaborated with, and so be forced to revise his image of the respectable men in his midst, he chose to maintain that respectability by refusing the validity of his own observations.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

Maayan Sophia Weisstub's updated version of The Great Wave of Kanagawa 🌊

#Art

A modified version of Hokusai's famous woodblock print, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," edited to make a statement about ocean pollution. The iconic blue and white waves are filled with modern plastic trash, including water bottles, snack bags, and other single-use plastic items.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
yetzt@yetzt.me wrote:

turns out, spiderman lightsabers are the thing to have as a six year old in brandenburg.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Bubble's gonna burst!

OpenAI generated US$4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, according to financial disclosures to shareholders.

The artificial intelligence firm reported a net loss of US$13.5 billion during the same period, with more than half attributed to the remeasurement of convertible interest rights.

Research and development expenses were its largest cost, totaling US$6.7 billion in the first half.

(OpenAI current valuation: $500Bn.)

https://www.techinasia.com/news/openais-revenue-rises-16-to-4-3b-in-h1-2025

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Video: AOC says Democrats are ‘tremendously united’ in effort to end government shutdown | 4:09

https://youtu.be/jWlYGKXe1zM?si=Q62VTN1Ka1Y5Tc9S

"They are getting walloped in these negotiations because they have no plan for the people... we're fighting to make sure that people's health care premiums can remain as low as possible after $1 trillion cuts to our healthcare system... that's what we're trying to make sure we are protecting the people from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlYGKXe1zM

cc: @renewedresistance

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

from briefing.com

“The key takeaway from the report is that it carries some stagflation messaging for the nation's largest business sector[services]: no growth, contracting employment, and higher inflation.”

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

My whole life I was told that if we ever forced corporations to stop exploiting the poor that those corporations would go overseas.

It turns out that the US Government does actually have the power to compel corporations to do things, because every Fortune 500 CEO has happily bent over for Trump.

#Apple #ICE

https://www.theverge.com/news/791170/iceblock-app-store-removed-by-apple

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

From a walk up Low Rigg.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
⚗ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria

Two black sheep with white heads are looking towards the camera out on a green field. There are more black sheep grazing. The field is in shadow, while the fells in the background are illuminated by the setting sun. The fells are covered in small white dots, which are white sheep.

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Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
debian_ar@rebel.ar ("Debian Argentina") wrote:

🎉 ¡Ya tenemos logo ganador para la #DebConf26!

El logo elegido es “DebConfest” de Romina Molina 🖌️, licenciado bajo CC BY-SA 4.0.

Top 3:
1️⃣ DebConfest – Romina Molina
2️⃣ El sol y el puente – Ana Carolina Autalán
3️⃣ El puente, la brisa y el Ceibo – Ana Carolina Autalán

👉 Logo y propuestas

#Debian #DebianAr #DebConf26 #SoftwareLibre #Artwork

Logo DebConf26

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

omg https://www.catawiki.com/en/a/1150289-eames-by-eames-a-design-legacy?utm%5Fsource=Klaviyo&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=Campaign%20Oct%202%2C%202025%20at%202%3A08%20PM&utm%5Fcontent=campaign&%5Fkx=xRTjXEIt%5Fq5pWOYf%5FL4OKoX2WVM8thdDitBjwSs%5FyFI.VDJbyw

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

Shocked, shocked I am to discover hypocrisy within this political movement

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/jack-posobiec-voter-fraud-pizzagate-maga.html

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
Richard_Littler ("Richard Littler") wrote:

"We get it; the clock is ticking. That's why we're burning through vital, vanishing natural resources to work out why all the vital natural resources are vanishing so quickly..."

Google landing page "Applying AI towards science and the environment"

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Stripe's international rollout seems to have slowed down to a crawl. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they'd rather promote their Atlas service for incorporating in the states than support more countries.

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Lemon Squeezy is clearly heading towards abandonware after the Stripe acquisition

Got an email from them to update my tax information, which honestly isn't that unusual of a request when a company changes hands, but any attempt to click to the payout/tax section of the app results in an internal server error

I'd migrated away from LS a while back, but was planning on keeping it ready as a backup, but that's looking less and less likely

(Regular Stripe does not accept Icelandic businesses)