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

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"The New Orleans general strike was a general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, that began on November 8, 1892. Despite appeals to racial hatred, black and white workers remained united. The general strike ended on November 12, with unions gaining most of their original demands."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892%5FNew%5FOrleans%5Fgeneral%5Fstrike

h/t https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/115515100161156550

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ml@social.mitexleo.one ("Mitex Leo") wrote:

Fifteen years ago, Bangladesh relied on costly imported cancer drugs, spending over Tk1,000 crore annually and leaving treatment out of reach for most. Over the past decade, local pharmaceutical growth, spurred by rising cancer cases and supportive policies, has transformed access - now, about 95% of cancer medicines are made domestically, making life-saving care far more affordable.

Report: https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/tk60000-tk4000-how-local-pharma-makes-cancer-drugs-affordable-1279776

#news #healthcare #medicine #bangladesh #us #drug #cancer

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

As if we needed another reason to love Diane ❤️ https://www.comicsands.com/paulson-keaton-tips-busboys?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

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

❤️ "The thing that was most amazing about Diane is that every time we would go to dinner, when the meal was finished, she would get up and she would go ask to go to the kitchen. There, she would give cash to all of the busboys. All of them. Every restaurant we ever went to."

https://www.comicsands.com/paulson-keaton-tips-busboys

[ h/t @georgetakei ]

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

'showed user “Tea_Tyme_3” speaking at her phone before a loud thud. The live stream was quickly disconnected after the thud prompted her to curse, a child to ask what happened and someone else to ask the driver if she was OK... [the reddit user] said the person driving while on TikTok “wasn’t paying attention to the road because she was reading comments and grinning at her phone”.'

https://m.ai6yr.org/@headlines%5Fbot/115515012564946430

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
MahmoudGaza@mastodon.scot ("Mahmood From Gaza🍉🇵🇸") wrote:

🌸 Dear friends,
Life in Gaza has become incredibly hard, but I’m still holding on to hope.
I’m trying to provide the basics for my family after losing almost everything.
Even a small donation can make a big difference ❤️
🔗 https://gofund.me/334c7485
Thank you from my heart to everyone who helps or shares 🙏
@aral
@joynewacc
@fabio
@chielk
@james
@matus_chochlik
@dramypsyd

#gaza #genocide #palestine

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

What are the chances that #Ihlo would be at #ArcTanGent next year?

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Berries in rain.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria

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

This starling kept one eye firmly fixed on me as I turned the corner around this house

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

Last week's snow is already gone, which I'm sure makes the local redpolls happy, and the horses seemed unbothered either way

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

Rust and seaweed.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay

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

A lonely little shed with a lovely view.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay #sea

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

Discord users are among first victims of UK's Online Safety Act

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/125hXcfoVBomzygE1bZTqU

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

What happened to 24-hour supermarkets? Retail secrets & multi-pack laws explained

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/n3NCSSCMVmT3dn1zsw2Met

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

For #caturday, these two were out on a walk in the same area. Both incredibly photogenic

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 andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:

Registration form for the Web Engines Hackfest 2026 is now open: https://forms.gle/7gSwfFebFW7sX6Px6
A couple of reminders, it'll happen in June 15 to 17 in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain) and you only need to register if you're planning to attend onsite.
More info about the event at https://webengineshackfest.org/

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

This is exactly the kind of bullshit that's going to lead me to host my sites on a hetzner cloud server using a custom Caddy setup with rate-limiting and bot blocking, even though they're only static files that shouldn't need that level of hand-holding, isn't it?

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

This thread is worth reading if you are a Google docs user.

Short version: When you make a document in Google Docs, Google replaces all your hyperlinks with links that allows Google to monitor the interactions of everyone you share your document with.

This hidden link replacement can potentially be used to build a model of your professional relations, where people who interact more with your content are considered a stronger relation.

Think about the implications.
https://fosstodon.org/@Joe%5F0237/111145684757912952

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

Didn't Netlify's analytics use to give you a list of user agents, or is my memory playing with me? I wouldn't be surprised if most of this could've been addressed by automatically rate limiting a single bot but Netlify seems to gate both rate limiting and user agent logs behind enterprise plans?

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