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Boosted by jwz:
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Delivery person rang the bell to drop off a package earlier, and for a brief moment I was expecting to open the door to find two neatly dressed, smiling strangers asking me if I’ve heard the good news about content warnings and hashtags.

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

if you're going to send me an anonymous email about "breaking accessibility" at least be specific

what exactly am I supposed to do if I can't replicate a generic claim 😔

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

death, taxes, and this comment :) bunch of nerds!

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

Time to start de-Appling
https://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/

"de-Apple, de-Google, and de-American"

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

I think his take is basically the right one, and if we seize this moment to make Schumer (or his replacement) absolutely scared shitless about not fighting hard enough, then that’s a win.

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

The Democrats who engineered and/or voted for the odious shutdown deal are even more cowardly and reckless than anyone could have imagined. See this:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shutdown-deal-would-let-senators-sue-over-jack-smith-searches

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've been eagerly updating #macOS since 10.4 Tiger (which required buying a physical box of DVDs!) running betas whenever possible. Until Tahoe. I haven't touched it.

Apple has lost taste.

Not just the OS. It's Tim giving a golden turd bribe. Tasteless.

I've been unhappy about being in a walled garden, but now they can't even keep a nice garden.

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

the selfish ruling class thing just doesn't work without somebody to shit on, and if you don't have a crown on your head, that someone is you

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

I bring gifts:

https://bsky.app/profile/leyawn.bsky.social/post/3m5cf5fy5e22r

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

On a related note, I wrote a blog post some time ago about how I quit using search engines for three months.

https://vkc.sh/quit-search/

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

I'm in an unreasonably good mood today. Pretty suspicious if you ask me

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

"What color is your function?" is a wonderful title. It's so good, the title alone could win the Sundance Festival.

But that post is about a JavaScript-specific limitation (not applicable to other languages), and some wishful bikeshedding about syntax (which turns out to be a leaky abstraction that makes locking ambiguous, very problematic in low-level languages).

But *color* is so catchy. It's not well defined that post, but you can't have "color" in your async, whatever that is. Just can't.

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

Vince Gilligan is truly a master of his craft. No one manages to weave the ordinary into their work as effectively as he does. The footsteps of a determined walker. The creak of a car door. A bag of chips getting stuck in a vending machine. Gilligan makes everything so much more real and relatable with these morsels of the mundane, and I love it.

Also Pluribus is incredible and you should totally give it a try.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
gabrielesvelto@mas.to ("Gabriele Svelto") wrote:

I've stumbled upon Marginalia Search, a non-commercial search engine for text-oriented websites. "Indexing the small, old and weird web" in their own words. A useful and pleasant discovery!

https://marginalia-search.com/

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

A hard crash, reboot, update, and a fresh sign in and this POS is about as much in working order as a Chromebook can ever be

I'd genuinely forgotten how much I dislike this OS.

The laptop is great. One of those Google branded ones, but the OS?

Ugh.

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

"I know, I haven't tested the Google Chromebook in a few months. I wonder why it was that I stopped using it."

Discover that the chromebook is somehow simultaneously signed-out and signed-in to the Google account: logged out of every google site, but won't let you log in because, apparently the account already exists on the device

"Right. Because ChromeOS is the worst piece of shit garbage in existence. At least on Windows you can run a productivity app or two once you dig through the garbage"

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

Instead of banning Chinese companies from delivering infrastructure components like the EU is pondering with Huawei and mobile networks, the ultimate goal should be to demand open source software/firmware for these components and reproducible builds of all software components so #DigitalSovereignty becomes default.

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

Maybe time to move instances. Any suggestions?

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115526751946121927

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips") wrote:

The continued growth of mastodon.social is putting the #Fediverse in danger (here's why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/).

The quickest, easiest and most effective way to solve this would be if the official apps & website stopped promoting mastodon.social, and instead promoted a rotating selection from a pool of reliable servers with solid track records.

If you're comfortable using Github, please give thumbs up to all these:
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/568
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1023
- https://github.com/mastodon/joinmastodon/issues/1052

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
aphyr@woof.group ("École des Bro-Arts") wrote:

“These conversations matter for democracy,” says the call-to-action at the top of every Factually article. The donation button urges readers to “support independent reporting.”

https://aphyr.com/posts/398-the-future-of-fact-checking-is-lies-i-guess

Boosted by jwz:
scottmccloud.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("scott⚡️mccloud") wrote:

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

Talking Oglaf with Trudy Coope...

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Right now, you can call your senator (yes, again) and urge them to replace Chuck Schumer.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/10/us-government-shutdown-record-donald-trump-syria-president-ahmed-al-sharaa-rudy-giuliani-pardon-politics-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-691237948f08d3736687b5e9

Boosted by jwz:
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

The following is a technical explanation by the president of the United States. The subject: #magnets. Every word is guaranteed verbatim.

“China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening?
Magnets.
If China refused to get magnets, 'cause they have a monopoly on magnets, 'cause they were allowed to happen over a 32 year period.
There wouldn't be a car made in the entire world. (1/2)

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

PeerTube video: Rethinking key bindings and workflow in i3 window manager
https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/sxpbQQAp35xymSDVxBzQYp

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

Rethinking key bindings and workflow in i3 window manager

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/sxpbQQAp35xymSDVxBzQYp

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Latest Freebooters podcast: Our new self-hosting podcast site, our latest adventures with bash scripting, and Chris gets caught using AI

https://freebooters.uk/media/self-hosting-bash-scripting-and-chris-gets-caught-using-ai.mp3

In this episode, Chris and Drew share their latest exploits with bash scripting, talk about KeePassXC allowing AI assisted contributions, and the chaps show off the new self-hosted website....

#Freebooters

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phillmv@hachyderm.io ("filipa mv") wrote:

After the recent Rubygems drama, I felt anxious, and trapped, frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life.

I found myself grieving, and mourning the future I grew up thinking we would have; but also feeling hope, that it’s not too late to stop enabling these people, and start choosing kindness.

I wrote about these feelings. Join me in building a better future:

https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
rustynail@floss.social wrote:

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein our FORTIETH anniversary is next Friday!
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/11/10.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

If you replace old Chuck Schumer with young Chuck Schumer you still have a Chuck Schumer. It's not the age, it's the politics.

I can't think of a better outcome for corporate #democrats than us all getting swept away in the #gerontocracy hype.