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

nice blog post about the Burrows-Wheeler transform, with some interactive widgets so you can play around with it, and watch it

https://sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

calm down ppl: the bombs have not yet stopped falling.

deeds talk, words walk

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

@kendraserra Bruce Schneier has quoted an NSA saying "attacks only get better; they never get worse". Just because Cellebrite couldn't break in last year doesn't mean they can't now. There is a lot of evidence that it's *much* harder for them to get sensitive content if the phone has never been unlocked with a PIN after power-up. Translation: turn off your phone before crossing a border…
@matthew_d_green, you've written on this. Comments?

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A small hydropower station built in 1906 in Hveragerði. It was used to power the first streetlights in rural Iceland. This was done following an accident when a man fell into a hot spring at night and died. The hot spring was then named Manndrápshver (man killing hot spring).#Iceland #photography

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

Every blue wave political influencer on #Bluesky and #X with the #EpsteinFiles

This grift has gone on for a decade. The biggest influencer has the biggest "Trump is definitely going to jail this time" bullshit right in her name.

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

A lot of people who've never seen the red bead experiment are in charge of things in this world and it shows.

https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2025/10/09/measuring-up/

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

This tool from Firefox DevRel is *awesome*, and if you care about how much progress the web platform delivers *please* go rank your interests:

https://interop-rank.jakearchibald.com/

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

I have a trip to California scheduled in January. Hopefully there will be (competent, non-scab) air traffic controllers working then, because I don’t really want to have to drive from Florida…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
catsalad@lgbtqia.space ("CatSalad🐈🥗 :neocat_floof__w:⁠💤") wrote:

Hot single 👽s in your area (51)

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Jake_Vig@mastodon.online wrote:

You're telling me a gorilla made this glue

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jack@xeno.glyphpress.com ("Jack Graham") wrote:

The AI Bubble is also a data center bubble, and by extension a commercial/industrial real estate bubble.

When it pops, it’s not just going to affect tech workers. It’s also going to hit construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and pipefitters, to name a few.

And we’re suddenly going to have a shitload of giant data centers, many sitting on what used to be residential land — the 2020s answer to dead malls.

#aibubble

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

Flock is preparing to roll out a new feature: Its gunshot detection devices will begin listening for voices in “distress.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
marcpalmer@iosdev.space ("Marc Palmer") wrote:

Do you know C++ and based in the UK? The makers of Concepts (where I work on the iOS app side) could be looking for you! Good rates, fully remote (in UK) and nice people! https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4290864806/ AMA #getfedihired

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chrisgeidner@journa.host ("Chris Geidner") wrote:

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571.42.0%5F3.pdf

Some of the key elements:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

Since this here app is for the Navy SEALs of nerds, not sure how #JohnMastodon will recover from the tarnishing of vicarious reputation.
https://partyon.xyz/@nando161/115346197840713961

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

More than 150 Russian Shahed attack drones are simultaneously in Ukrainian skies, monitoring channels report.

Even during large-scale strikes, such a number in the air at once is unusual — typically, additional waves are launched later.
📷 TG/PPO Radar; info by TG/war_monitor

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

cut health care, public services, and taxes on the rich, then do this? ugly

https://flipboard.com/@cnn/business-and-tech-fie8hiijz/-/a-M0%5Fkx7l%5FT8KRCFqjB18%5Fyw%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Bessent says US purchased pesos and finalized framework for $20 billion lifeline for Argentina
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/economy/bessent-peso-argentina?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Tech @business-and-tech-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

"'There's two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism," Kennedy offered. "It's highly likely because they're given Tylenol.’"

TOTAL FUCKING MADNESS FROM A PSYCHO MOTHERFUCKER.

https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-autism-2674169969/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

There really is not much left of this old greenhouse.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #abandoned #decay #plants #grass #trees #sky

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
FirefoxDevTools wrote:

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.

So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.

https://interop-rank.jakearchibald.com/

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

.@pluralistic sees it so clearly; "rogue capitalist" is 🎯:

https://doctorow.medium.com/apples-unlawful-evil-3183b254445d

/cc @owa
/via @phae

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

“It is always more complicated. Reality doesn't yield to simple formulations. But they're not trying to understand complexity. They're wielding it like a weapon.”

https://mgx.me/the-watchers

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

Boosted by jwz:
junoryleejournalism.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Juno Rylee Schultz") wrote:

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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

This is too fucking much racism in one giant mega-dose. Stephen Miller ought to be ostracized and sequestered in a hole far, far away from other human beings.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/09/i-already-hated-stephen-miller-but/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlKDQ3fwI5w

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

oh it's "fOsS ShOuLd nOt bE PoLiTiCaL" asshats day again.

one day, those clowns will realize that the mere existence of FOSS is political. evidently, today is not that day, tho

Boosted by jwz:
mhoye ("mhoye (temporarily spooky)") wrote:

Software is a collection of ideas and decisions that a person has turned into a machine.

When it turns out that person has repulsive, noxious and dehumanizing ideas, it is entirely reasonable to not want the machines they've made in your life, or the decisions they've made affecting your life.

It is entirely reasonable to object to their being part of communities you care about, and to object to their ideas and decisions being normalized or valorized.

Nothing about this is complicated.