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

I don't give a good goddamn what RFK jr thinks about sperm counts in teenage boys. Why are conservatives so obsessed with children's genitals?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/18/you-didnt-know-youd-wake-up-this-morning-to-hear-an-old-man-raving-about-teenaged-boys-sperm-counts/

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

Just learned about https://queeniescrew.com Queenie’s Crew - an opportunity and set of activities for kids age 6-10 to imagine a world without prisons (they will also send info and activities to educators and activists working with kids) #abolition #PICAbolition #interruptingCriminalization

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

Protest today!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/18/no-more-kings/

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

👑 Everyone be safe out there today.

rust@mas.to ("Rust tips") wrote:

`&mut` references are exclusive and non-copyable¹.

When they're a field of a struct like an Iterator, you'll get `&'call mut &'field mut`, which usually limits *both* to `'call`'s lifetime.

Modifying the field's reference is going to need `std::mem::take` to operate on the only instance of the reference.

https://quinedot.github.io/rust-learning/lt-ex-mut-slice.html

¹) #RustLang can "re-borrow" them to make a new `&mut` loan, but it's not a copy, because it must have a shorter lifetime and makes the source temporarily unusable.

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

And on the Ellis thing, I'd actually met him and chatted a couple of times, so my gut feeling of him being a narcissist wasn't just based on his behaviour on the forum, although, apparently, for a lot of people that's where they first encountered his misbehaviour.

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

IIRC it wasn't even a quick "you crazy" quip. He went on at length about how I clearly needed substantial psychiatric help. Sounded like a fun guy.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
stevegis_ssg@mas.to ("Steve Gisselbrecht") wrote:

Please remember that "Red Tape" is why there's no sawdust in your bread and the nearest river has not actually caught on fire lately.

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

Runner up: getting called mentally ill by the guy who's thing was a web comic the shape and size of a banner ad claiming it was the future of comics syndication, after I wrote a column pointing out that banner blindness meant he had effectively specialised in making invisible comics

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

Thinking back, to the 90s internet, probably my greatest claim to 5 minutes of internet fame (not much fame, just a tiny bit of notoriety) was getting banned from the Warren Ellis Forum for calling Ellis a narcissist (wasn't proven right on that one for over 25 years)

Boosted by jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi"):
jswatz_tx@threads.net ("John Schwartz") wrote:

If these billionaire buttheads had gotten a good liberal arts education, they’d have read “Ozymandias.“ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-17/america-s-tech-right-is-obsessed-with-building-giant-statues

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

By not trying to shoehorn it into every damn thing and/or just writing that email ourself, like a normal educated human would?

https://search.app/uvK5c

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

Not mentioning the exec because they’re a candyman type that shows up when somebody even alludes to their name, and not mentioning the “AI water use is fake” people because you don’t need that level of intellectual dishonesty in your life and there’s already too many of them to mention

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

Then there are the usual suspects claiming “AI” environmental impact is fake, comparing it to environmental disasters like the US beef industry or global textiles, and disregarding, well, everything sensible

(We’re trying to prevent a disaster, you gaping anuses, that it’s early is the point)

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

I see the “AI isn’t a broken tech and has reasonable uses” crowd is out in full force this weekend, the big one doing the rounds is a tech exec with a catastrophic track record claiming there is a silent majority of reasonable tech managers out there, honest, they’re just vewy vewy qwuiet

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange ("☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻") wrote:

“#JossWright, an associate professor at the #UniversityOfOxford who specialises in #cybersecurity, said it was easier to use stolen #British #phones in #China than elsewhere because many of the country’s #NetworkProviders did not #subscribe to an international #blacklist that barred devices that had been reported #stolen.

“That means that a stolen #iPhone that has been blocked in the #UK can be used without any problems in China,”

<https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why-20251016-p5n2zx.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/A5DIg>

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz, but scary") wrote:

If there are games in the Fallout series you missed, for the next week GOG has every Fallout game in their inventory on deep discount (mostly 75% off):

* Fallout: $2.49
* Fallout 2: $2.49
* Fallout Tactics: $2.49
* Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition: $4.99
* Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition: $6.59
* Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition: $9.99

GOG being GOG, these are all DRM-free.

(All prices above USD. Pricing may vary in different regions.)

https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20251017%5Ffallout%5Fday

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

And at last, some geometry.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #decay #door #concrete #green

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

#WritersCoffeeClub 18/10: Do you tend to incorporate supernatural elements in your work?

No, there are absolutely no supernatural elements in the Laundry Files whatsoever, just science we haven't fully explored yet but h̶̜̎ä̵̜̙̳̗̱̗͙͉̹́̈̎̑̾r̷̡̧͙̭̫͇̠̀k̵͍̺̳̜̠͑̍̂̏̋̀̆̉̈́͜ͅ ̴̧̗̩̫͖̹͍͕̎̓̐̆͝͝ͅḑ̶̞̻̣̝͐̿͐̋͗̐͒ô̶̖̦̙ ̴͇͍̟͉͉̰͖̂̀͐̉̀̽͠ẏ̴̪̾͑ö̷̩̮͚̣̮̪̦u̴̢̥̹͙̅͑̏̀̎͂̓̚ͅ ̵͇̮͆̉̿͂̋̑̇͛͆h̴̺͎̲̤̜͐̿͐́ḙ̸̢̪̰̼͒͒͑̓͝a̵̧̠̖̓͂̅̾͋̒̊̌ͅr̶̡̩̘̗̰̝̺͍̎͋̍͛ ̴̨̳̀͗͗̇̔̈͋̅͆ẗ̶̨̛͖̫̤̹́͐͝h̸̗͇̱̒̉͌̈̏͂͌͐e̴̮̹̋̇ ̶̣̄͒̅̀͘̕t̶͇̦͆͂̅̉̀̎̈ͅẹ̷͖̩̞͎̝̥̱̓̊̕r̵̢̝̻͕͕̰̺͉̽̅r̸͎̥̭̞̯̗̜̳̣͂̄̕̕͝i̸̺̺̗̫̿̿͊́b̷͙̲̗̜̩͚̉ļ̵͓͇̹̚̚͜e̴͔͊͒̀ ̸͉̙̩̫̇͑̈̄̈́̚͜͝p̵̥͎̹̣̱͇̘̻̪̓̊͗̊i̵̖̙͔̙͍̽p̴̨̮͍̥̻͈͚͉̌̔͆͌̋͠i̷̧̠̤̹̜͕̋̃́̂̓̾̔̚͝ñ̸̢̙͕̘̹̬͎͈͉͊̏̋͑̈́͝g̵͖̹͕̪̳̺͌ ̷̹͇̳̥̣̺̫̝͛̉̆͌͋̉̅ą̶̺͔̭͑̓͝ͅņ̵̛̯̖̙͆͌̄̍̌ͅd̵̺̗̯͕̗̖̣̊̒ͅ ̷̜̲̣̱̂̿͒̃͝ť̸͎̱̥͓̪̞̣͍̌̊̌̌͐̍ͅh̸̰̪̻̙̣̦̓̌̔̾̈̊́̕̚ȇ̷̡͙̖̜̳̋͠ ̷̙̦̻̱͗͗̀̋͂͗͛͘b̶͈̖̺͛̊̊̒̀͐̃̆͝ͅl̴̻͍̤͖̜̐̌̄͗̈̀͘͝ͅë̷̢͙̪̬̗͎́ä̵̢̧̼̺͈̖͓̞̹́͠t̵͇̗̙̉͘͝ ̵̧̢̢͓͍̺̮̖̃͒ơ̴̮̦̯̟̐͋͐̂̉́͂̾f̴̨̮̺͒̀͘ ̵̜͕͑̌̄a̸͕̜͙̪̋̔̏̃̉͠͝ç̴̲̥͕̟͛̀c̷̣̪̈́̽̃̂́̊̀͊ư̴̼̝̊̈͛̐̐̌͊r̷̞͐̾͐̓̍̄̓̍s̶͖͕̦̞̑̄̈́͛̈́́ͅę̵̛̞͉͋̓̒̆͂́̏̌ͅd̵͛̑̅̀̄ͅ ̶̤̜̗̭̺̦̥͔̥̾̄͘d̶͕̟̗̜̻͍̗͆͒̓̓r̴̞̯͒̆̐ữ̷͍͕̰̖̬͙͋̿͆́̕͠m̵̡͚̦͚̠͓̱̞̗̅̓͌͘s̷̢̛̪̗̱̟̥͒̔̆ ̴̨̰͎͌̅͋h̵͚́͝e̸͕͌͆̇̔̒̀̈́͂͝ ̶̧̛̔̓̽ī̸̡̺̹͕̪͙̼̹̑̃̓̍͛̄̋̊s̷͔̩̞͇̎̿ ̸̢͓̳̹̼̫̾̆̆̓͆ͅͅc̵͇͍̰͋̇ȍ̴̢̒̿̃̊̌̏m̶͍͋̅̾̈͋̈́̎ȉ̸̲̥̣͕͇̞͎̺̳̆͐͋n̸̖̤̝̝̤̲̦̣̬̎̓̋̆̽̓̑͝͝ǵ̷͔̟͇̫̣̦͓̊̃̊͜͜ ̶̭͕͓̣̲̹̮͎̐͋̔̇̿̏͘͝͠ḩ̵̘̭̪͚̣̠̩͔̆́̓͗̑͝ẽ̸͖́̏̑̇̄̕ ̴͍̝̼͙̮͛̑̊͑̋͌̀ī̵̼̥̬̦̃́̚ş̶̛̠͌̐̉ ̶̢͖̳̦̖̹͈̲̗̋͌c̶̺̣͖̳͔̖̆́͗̓̒͜ͅo̷͉̲̰͇̝͉͎̫͎̽̈̈͘ṃ̸͙̬̝̩͓͑͌i̶͖̳͈̚̚ͅn̶̗̒̉͊̂̔̿̔͒͠g̶͙̃̉̌̂̈́̐

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
sicurezza@mastodon.uno (":tor: Sicurezza Digitale") wrote:

🚨 Oggi volevano far approvare “Chat Control” nel Consiglio UE. Ma hanno fallito! 🎉

Tuttavia, Chat Control tornerà di sicuro in altre forme.

#ChatControl non è altro che un Cavallo di Troia per cittadini europei. Perché?“Chat Control” è il regolamento che obbligherebbe le piattaforme a controllare tutte le comunicazioni private (foto, messaggi, video) per proteggere i minori, ma è invece un #CavallodiTroia per la #sorveglianza di massa

👉 Segui il gruppo @sicurezza@diggita.com per non perdere aggiornamenti

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

Can we interest you in a cocktail?

Attachments:

• gifv: 4cfdc92f498d1350.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz, but scary") wrote:

What I would say to anyone who is on the fence about attending a #NoKings protest tomorrow:

You've been wishing all year that there was something you could do.

This is something you can do.

It's nice if you want to make a sign or put on a costume, but you're not required to do those things. You contribute just by showing up. The only cost is your time.

You don't have to have any expertise in protesting. Just listen to the organizers and follow the crowd. You contribute just by showing up.

You've been wishing there was something you could do.

This is something you can do.

Will you?

#USPol

Boosted by jwz:
mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Forgive me, I've been a digital letterer for 16 years.

Boosted by jwz:
hallman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Bruce Hallman") wrote:

I'll be there

Boosted by jwz:
Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

Objectively pro-crime.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2

Boosted by jwz:
aby@aus.social ("Aby--not fast, just furious") wrote:

From the Battalion SAR Facebook page:

The author has made this book freely available — and it’s well worth reading.

📖 Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
https://files.libcom.org/files/Antifa,%20The%20Anti-Fascist%20Handbook.pdf

The author, a Rutgers professor who taught about fascism, received so many threats against himself and his family that they eventually had to leave the country. On the day they were set to fly out, someone even called ahead and canceled their flight — but they ultimately made it out safely.

More on what happened:
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rutgers-professor-mark-bray-antifa-turning-point-usa/

[Battalion SAR - https://www.facebook.com/share/1B7aYtDZsG/]

#US #USA #USPol #Trump #FuckRacism #FuckFascism #MarkBray #antifa #antifascism

Boosted by jwz:
realhackhistory@chaos.social ("[realhackhistory@home]#") wrote:

People think they want a sequel to Hackers but let’s be real if it happened they’d be casting Jared Leto in that shit.

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

🪲 noted: always wait for the .1 release
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-10-18T06:12Z/

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

“…that was the thing about shit, real or fake: once you’d begun spreading it about, it never ended up precisely where you wanted it.”

— Slough House by Mick Herron
https://a.co/5ElfjQj

Boosted by jwz:
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war!
- @nora

Spotted in #Portland