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

Guessing the quickest “fix” would be to use CloudFlare, at least temporarily until I figure something else out.

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

Netlify warning that I’ve chewed up half of my bandwidth allowance for the month while Plausible analytics don’t even show a minor uptick. So I’m guessing some “AI” scrapers finally showed up. Anybody have any experience blocking bots on Netlify or will I have to finally move hosts for this?

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

reading: It ain’t easy to move a side project off Big Tech
https://maier.tech/posts/it-aint-easy-to-move-a-side-project-off-big-tech

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

I grew up in a large city in a western democracy, with a socialist city government and it was fine.

There was basically no crime. People didn’t go hungry. Housing was affordable. Rent was regulated. Public transport was amazing. Education was free. Everyone had healthcare. Taxes were practically the same as in the US.

It was also much, much easier to start a business there than in the US. (Literally took an hour!)

People who wanted to get rich still could do it (there’s a few Austrian billionaires even).

I don’t understand how Americans got themselves so brainwashed that “socialism” is used as a term that sort of means “iworse than death”.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
fediforum ("FediForum") wrote:

Sandra is describing how technology and politics are increasingly intertwined, and why digital sovereignty, free software and the fediverse matter more than ever.

#sfscon #fediverse

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

New photo galleries up now: COREY LINGO, CRASH FEST, HUBBA HUBBA REVUE, EXHUMED, DEATH GUILD, ALL HALLOW'S EVE
https://www.dnalounge.com/gallery/?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #coreylingo #baysunderground #trap #pluggnb #hiphop #randb #sanfrancisco #crashfest #control #ultrasect #thedrowns #bullshitdetector #rallycry #noise #crowncourt #jennywoo #incendiarydevice #dogfacebastards #punk #hardcore #livemusic #concert #hubbahubbarevue #burlesque #exhumed #impaled #cretin #mæntra #maentra #metal ...

Boosted by jwz:
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

Nintendo Gamma Boy.

jwz wrote:

Here's a thing I wrote last month: jwzsheet.

It is a small and self-contained PHP and JavaScript library for generating HTML tables of spreadsheet-like reports, including arithmetically-computed cell values.

"I am not going to write a spreadsheet", I kept saying to myself, "that's stupid."

"Ok, maybe just a little bit of a spreadsheet. This far no farther."

"Ok, maybe just a little bit more."

As the song says, "I tell myself I will not go, even as a drive there."

https://jwz.org/b/ykxG

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I upgraded my phone to iOS 26 and it mostly looks and works fine. Most of the issues with Liquid Glass seem to have been addressed, although I feel like the new UX is a lot less conductive to people learning more advanced functionality... Anyway, why the hell is "Stop timer" a slider now.

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

OpenAI Made a $12 Billion Loss Last Quarter, Microsoft Results Indicate:

"The figure was up 490% from a year earlier and implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, which would mark one of the largest single quarter losses for a tech company in history."

oop. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-31-2025/card/openai-made-a-12-billion-loss-last-quarter-microsoft-results-indicate-e71BLjJA0e2XBthQZA5X

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

thanks Google AI!

#AI

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Vegan ethics, resurrected animals, and defining evil - deep moral discussions

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/uaqshb9AZtELur9LpMquDd

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

When everyone is a developer — including all the vibe coders with their magic lamps — how do we get the AI genies to use web platform features instead of the React code they default to? I have a few suggestions in this week's Web Technology News (WTN), along with links to wisdom from around the web.
https://webtechnology.news/when-everyones-a-developer-how-do-we-promote-the-web-platform-over-react/

Fedi folks mentioned: @slightlyoff, @johnallsopp, @adactio, @jimniels, @macstories, @laurenshof, @bonfire, @anewsocial

Subscribe to WTN by email, RSS or @feed

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
D_J_Nathanson@esq.social ("Dave Nathanson") wrote:

It’s #STFUfriday!

When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU:

- I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going.

- Am I free to leave?

- I am not answering any questions.

- If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search."

- I want to speak to a lawyer.

Let’s talk about sandwiches and jurors. Do jurors have to talk about what they did? /🧵

Attachments:

• gifv: A gif of Pedro Pascal munching on a sandwich, looking like he's anticipating every bite. He's wearing some sort of brown/orange knit button down and of course he's a very handsome, dark haired, dark eyed dude.

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

What if life is just an alien slowly turning up a distort-reality-dial until one of us is like: wait a minute

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie ("Ray McCarthy") wrote:

@denschub
I see they also have a sketch of a large explosion on the moon.

Artwork like that always annoys me. I know I should ignore it.

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

my hotel's customer center is kinda rude? I'm already more than great without any sleep whatsoever. 😡

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange ("Jess👾") wrote:

@Daojoan TBH, it's incredible that shit even kinda sorta works at all even in the "normal" case. The amount of incrediblly major industries that only function because one unknown person does their thankless job correctly day in day out ... It's a lot.

https://xkcd.com/2347/

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the entire global financial system would be at risk of total collapse if a single excel file in an old shared drive disappeared and couldn't be recovered.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Anibyl@social.coop ("Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹") wrote:

Ah, shoulder season is the best.

#BikeTooter #EastVan

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

Today, Saturday 8 November, is World Urbanism Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-urbanism-day/

Also, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/cook-something-bold-and-pungent-day/

And it’s happy 66th birthday to porn director, DJ, and drag diva Chi Chi LaRue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%5FChi%5FLaRue

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Just noticed that CBP/ICE have posted an app publicly to the google play store that they say is meant to be used by partner policing organizations.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.dhs.cbp.mobile.identify.global

#Android #Google #ICE #DHS #CBP #ACAB #privacy #surveillance

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Quantensalat@scicomm.xyz ("Alexander Knochel") wrote:

And then there was the time when a student handed in a term paper on rocket propulsion and accidentally cited technology and engines from Kerbal Space Program.

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

@georgetakei Looks like a Trump response to any disaster around the country: he only helps out himself.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MissPixiePancake@mstdn.social wrote:

As a retired teacher, I can tell you that this is an automatic A.

#Humor #Funny #Education

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

for the potato fears not death

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

"This week may go down as one of the worst in Donald Trump’s political and economic legacy. The so-called 'blue tsunami' that swept the nation on Tuesday left the Republican Party humiliated, and by Friday, the full scale of Trump’s economic wreckage became impossible to ignore. New data shows the economy teetering on collapse, and Trump’s response has only deepened the crisis, both materially and morally."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Republicans #BlueWave #economy
/12

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/major-friday-news-updates-11725

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

"Consumer confidence has cratered to its lowest level since the 1970s, according to the University of Michigan’s index. The numbers tell a grim story: record-low sentiment, record-high pessimism, and a staggering 62 percent of households now expecting unemployment to rise in the coming year—the highest since 1980. The reason is clear."

#Trump #Republicans #BlueWave #economy #recession #unemployment #jobs #affordability
/13

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

Whenever I’m not actively admiring her, she finds it puzzling and strange

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties

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

if I understand the data correctly:

- JBS USA Holdings is a subsidiary of JBS S.A., Brazilian-owned
- National Beef is majority owned (at least 81%) by Marfrig Global Foods, a Brazilian company.
- Tyson Foods, Inc. is U.S.-based
- Cargill Meat Solutions is U.S.-based (Cargill)

and together, these four companies “process” approximately 85% of all beef in the United States.

and the US gov is giving the Brazilian beef industry more money because… why again?

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

Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating US beef prices and calls for investigation

https://apnews.com/article/trump-beef-justice-department-c6c57effee6ef1a8c1088d4e5edcc60a?utm%5Fsource=onesignal&utm%5Fmedium=push&utm%5Fcampaign=2025-11-07-Breaking+News