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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sil ("Stuart Langridge") wrote:

@slightlyoff people who only learned how to build web apps with frameworks, when they learn how to build web apps with the web

Attachments:

• video: A very young and very sad looking baby has some new glasses put on his face by his parents and, after a few seconds looking around in absolute wonder, breaks into a beaming smile of joy

Boosted by jwz:
paul@tapbots.social ("Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:") wrote:

At the rate things are going, I expect an "Apple provides government with list of users who downloaded ICEBlock app" headline in a few more weeks. I’m feeling embarrassed for them.

Boosted by jwz:
karlbode.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Karl Bode") wrote:

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
twifkak@mas.to wrote:

@slightlyoff To me, that's the weirdest part to watch play out. In my experience, the argument that React is better DX than other options is easily falsifiable by spending even a few hours with another framework.

And in my experience, the argument that its DX shines once your app is large is belied by even a few hours trying to make a change to almost any preexisting React codebase.

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

This BBC Radio 4 three-part doc on fascism as a continuous, and continuously opposed, thread in British life is very good and worth a listen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sbdx

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

Every time I watch a team of hard-working folks burn months on a React upgrade, I'm reminded of how thoroughly the JS-Industrial-Complex gaslit us.

You know who hasn't slogged through constant breaking change migrations? Web Components developers. New runtimes drop *every month*...and it's *fine*.

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

Apple knows how to take people to court. Ask anyone involved with browser choice or right-to-repair. It rolled over for DHS and gave Dear Leader a golden turd because it *wants things*; namely to protect the avenues of control over APIs (the App Store monopoly) that it taxes so heavily. And if lending that control to authoritarians for a bit is the price, so be it.

It's all part of the playbook, which is anti-democratic in practice, if not theory:

https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-antitrust-playbook/

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

Ask: what did Apple *want* in return for bending the knee?

Answer: the end of the rule of law in Europe, and with it, an example for others.

Shot:

https://migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-apple-quietly-made-ice-agents

Chaser:

https://www.politico.eu/article/von-der-leyen-stands-by-the-eus-tech-rules-amid-trumps-threats/

https://on.ft.com/4q2f2FC

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
ancient_catbus@jorts.horse ("Catbus") wrote:

now more than ever

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
lokigwyn@vintagepropagand.art ("Loki Gwynbleidd 😷🏴🎨") wrote:

No Border except Terriers !

New blue, vintage, cute and anti border linocut!

Available as homemade prints, Redbubble prints and free/open price downloads.
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#FediArt #Vintage #Linocut #Dogs #Cute #NoBorders

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

The reality that Apple is actively anti-web is obscured somewhat by an influential set of aging web commentators who remember when it wasn't, and enjoy the privileges of living in the wealth bubble more than they care about junior devs and the web ecosystem they benefited from so much.

To the extent that they are failing to demand better browsers on their phones, that's a scandal:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban-persists-even-under-the-dma/

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

Yeah, I’m a hard-hitting tech publication that speaks truth to power and also paywalls everything . Here are the 15 best Amazon Prime Day Deals you can still get:

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
Foxboron@chaos.social ("Morten Linderud") wrote:

Lol, #framework decided to sponsor Hyprland as well?

Did they swallow the entire #DHH pill?

Beyond disappointing.

https://xcancel.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1975925109647987101

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

This you, Kristi?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

This is not normal, this is fascism. Never let it become normal.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:

Feds banned all unmanned aircraft/drones in Chicago claiming "National Security" reasons. Apparently started October 1st, when they first started attempting to intimidate the city. #aviation

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space wrote:

Did I ever mention RC-BOX BBS - the world's first and (currently) only RC2014 based bulletin board system?!

Running on a real RC2014, powered by a Z80, CP/M 2.2 and a highly customized fork of RBBS4 this single-user system offers you the 1985 online experience.

Text games available on the CP/M command shell !!

P.S.: connection info is in the ALT-text or in my profile info.

#rc2014bbs
#rcbox
#rc2014
#bbs
#rcbbs
#bulletinboardsystem
#z80

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Tom Gauld ") wrote:

I went to Gosh comics today and painted the window. Just in time for the release and launch party for Physics For Cats. Come along and get a book signed tomorrow (Thursday) 7-9pm! pic 1. In progress (from inside) pic 2. The complete window, just waiting for the books.goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...

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

the alleged "war zone" at the Portland I.C.E. facility last night

https://bsky.app/profile/courtneyvaughn.bsky.social/post/3m2npddylmc2w

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• gifv: A furry dance party in the streets, not a war zone... liars will lie

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@vxdb/115338982793901975

I've been trying to get the cybercrime journalist @vxdb to abandon their seat at the Nazi Bar, or at least to also post here. So please join me in giving them a follow and a friendly hello.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cliffle@hachyderm.io wrote:

Ran across this gorgeous diagram (at left) of the cyclic execution schedule of the software used on Skylab (1970s). I love this way of thinking about cyclic execution, but I didn't realize anyone else used it!

At right, one of my (less pretty and much less hand-drawn) diagrams from an article I wrote on graphics demo architecture... 40 years later. (And ten years ago, gosh.)

In the replies below, I talk about the old ways of drafting, if you're curious.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funhouseradio@mastodon.world ("FunHouse Radio") wrote:

"Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding."
#pbs #art #painting #publicbroadcasting
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/bob-ross-paintings-to-be-auctioned-to-support-public-tv-stations-after-federal-funding-cuts

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

She presold 3.5 million copies of her new album, had the No.1 theatrical release last weekend and is a billionaire, what does she have to be concerned about

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/entertainment/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-reception

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

Did an AI write this

RE: https://www.threads.com/@comixgail/post/DPiC%5FUoEa-f

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

Video: House Speaker Mike Johnson | Should Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson be in Prison? | 1:43

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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• video: Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison? MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

We are in a nascent civil war in the United States, with a President who consistently acts unconstitutionally calling for the jailing of a governor and mayor in a state where the President has unlawfully deployed troops. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/trump-jail-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-chicago-illinois

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

Gov. Pritzker: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/trump-jail-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-chicago-illinois

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattsheffield ("Matthew Sheffield") wrote:

Republicans are so incredible at party unity. Even absurdly so.

In Virginia they are running a black Christian nationalist who thinks that homosexuality is "an immoral lifestyle choice" for governor alongside a white gay man who ran a porn blog featuring slavery and Nazi fetish content. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gay-virginia-republican-plagued-nazi-222831328.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"If you turned on the television or checked the front pages of most national outlets, you likely saw very little. There has been a disturbing silence in much of the mainstream press about what is unfolding in Chicago."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Chicago #Portland #InsurrectionAct #MartialLaw #fascism #military #media
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/the-media-cannot-normalize-this-moment

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
shoq ("Shoq") wrote:

This whole government and everything it does is just a series of cascading clown shows. It’s a shame that none of this is funny.

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded

https://abcnews.go.com/US/central-witness-undermines-case-james-comey-prosecutors-concluded/story?id=126311648