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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Mer__edith@mastodon.world ("Meredith Whittaker") wrote:

Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access +more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance

❤️ to those doing the work!

https://social.bau-ha.us/@CCC
https://d-64.social/@d64eV
https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol
And many others <3 2/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

There are already solutions right here on Earth to many of the problems “sunlight as a service” purports to solve. This approach is simply a reckless and inefficient use of Earth orbit, a precious and finite resource.

This list of facts was developed by me and a bunch of very concerned astronomers. If you're a journalist interested in writing a news article about this, please look up my university email and contact me, and I'll be happy to chat.

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

elephants aren't afraid of mice. they just think the command line is faster

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

I am happy to announce the FemtoMSP430, a processor designed with the instruction set of the classic #MSP430, but with a flexible bus interface similar to @BrunoLevy01 #FemtoRV32 including memory busy signaling. The playground contains a phantasy "microcontroller" design for the #ULX3S #FPGA board, interactively running the original #Mecrisp #Forth image for MSP430G2755, enhanced with a text mode on 800x600 video, USB-CDC terminal and a lot of GPIO wires: https://codeberg.org/Mecrisp/FemtoMSP430

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
lurnoise@mastodon.art ("Lur Noise") wrote:

Thus begins the story of the Shepherdess, one of the protagonists of my new comic, Ekphrasis.

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

important reminder

this is the official song of #thinktober

accept no thunkstitutes

https://danreeder.bandcamp.com/track/born-a-worm-2

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

Encinitas California. I wrote about it here, back when my prose was far too purple.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/travel/encinitas-california/

#travel #photography #ios #ioslockscreen

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
david_chisnall@infosec.exchange ("David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)") wrote:

I disagree with a lot of people here, and that's fine. We can disagree on what tax rates should be. We can disagree on the best mix of public and private ownership. We can disagree on the amount of government involvement in markets. We can disagree on what privacy rights need to be protected by governments versus which need to treat the government as the adversary. We can disagree on which OS is best. We can disagree on the best way to build a Free Software ecosystem (we can even disagree on whether that's a desirable goal).

But we can't disagree on which people are people. If your perspective is that some people are not people, there is no way that we can still have a meaningful conversation. That's not a 'there are two sides' kind of debate. That's a 'no, this isn't a debate and we can't build a functioning society if you disagree' kind of debate.

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

“Björk calls for release of childhood friend, musician Magga Stína, detained by Israeli forces”

https://mixmag.net/read/bj%C3%B6rk-calls-release-friend-musician-magga-st%C3%ADna-kidnapped-israeli-forces-gaza-news

Björk is usually on the right side of things.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
scruss@xoxo.zone ("Stewart Russell") wrote:

Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer - YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubkrBd3-gg

(via mefi)

#RetroComputing

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

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

So, the Ugly Reykjavík Bluesky account should now be bridged over to the fediverse via: @uglyreykjavik.bsky.social

You can see some of the earlier posts over on the Bluesky profile page.

https://bsky.app/profile/uglyreykjavik.bsky.social

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

should I blog a guide to Linux? 🤔

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

Might as well mention that as a part of my overall "how can I get out of dev?" exploration, I'm doing a publishing collaboration with https://bsky.app/profile/uglyreykjavik.bsky.social. We're hoping to get her graphic novel (she's an illustrator) out into the Icelandic market this Christmas.

It's an experiment. We'll see how it goes but at least it's been fun to work on🤞🙂🤞

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

The Freethoughtblogs gang is doing a podcast on Saturday.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/09/group-portrait-for-saturdays-podish-sortacast/

https://www.youtube.com/live/1duDxB9lqR4

Mastodon wrote:

We're excited to announce that @altstore has joined the fediverse! Their innovative implementation of ActivityPub allows you to follow updates from your favorite apps, demonstrating a new way to bring more apps to the open social web.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude for their generous donation, in support of our mission to create an open and safe social internet.

Welcome to the fediverse family, AltStore!

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/alternative-app-store-altstore-raises-6m-connects-with-the-fediverse/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #AltStore

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
glamfrenzy@toot.lgbt ("Dahlia") wrote:

Spent a little time outside with charcoal and drew a goat today🐐

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A little tarn on Low Rigg.

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

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

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

Avi Loeb's "anomalies" are as substantial as Martian canals and little green men.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/09/the-illogical-logic-of-avi-loeb-and-the-3i-atlas-clown-show/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
leyrer@23.social wrote:

This is what nightmares are made out of.

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

Gone through a lot of shit working in web dev over the years, most of it due to my focus on publishing and reading and the genuinely shitty management that comes with those industries, but the current "AI" bubble is the first time I'm actively considering an exit strategy out of dev entirely.

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
karlcow@mastodon.cloud ("Karl Dubost") wrote:

Firefox profiles: Private, focused spaces for all the ways you browse.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/profile-management/

Profiles were the way I was separating my day to day browser from my compat browser when I was doing moz #webcompat

https://www.otsukare.info/2014/11/12/configure-webcompat-browser

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

an interesting approach

“This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment” - WIRED

https://apple.news/AX7FjcVqqRV-194igayFVgA

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻"):
sturobson@front-end.social ("Stu Robson") wrote:

Hello World

I'm nearing the end of my current contract and on the lookout for my next adventure.

I'm a Front-End Developer and Design Systems specialist, excited to dive into new projects and tackle new challenges!

Let’s make some rocking websites!

stu@alwaystwisted.com

🙏🖤

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

I'm sure that reply from Framework's CEO will appease

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

Anyway, it's very strange that Omarchy is getting so much funding. It's a rich man's toy "distro".

Boosted by joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts"):
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:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

> At Red Hat we are expected to set, and meet, goals each quarter if we want our “full” bonus. One of those is around introducing AI into our daily work.

https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/10/03/mi2-glib/

Boosted by jwz:
hrefna@hachyderm.io ("Hrefna (DHC)") wrote:

"authorities recently arrested the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa in Portland"

What.

#politics

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

Listening to a podcast about developing with "AI" and how it writes half the code. The usual jargon: "productivity", "velocity", "empowerment" etc. No real substance just word salad.

Attachments:

• gifv: "I Don't Believe You" - Ron Burgundy, Anchorman

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

That’s the fundamentally infuriating thing about every single hyped “solution” to software dev we’ve seen over the years, LLMs included. They always promise more better software, get offended when you ask for evidence, and then the software scene as a whole manifestly, obviously continues to decline