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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
pup_hime@toot.cat ("reki singular point") wrote:

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

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

This is very good, and reads exactly like the "Warren was right" post that most lefty outlets should be posting; it's just missing the call for an apology from corpo Dems to the Warrenists and a focus on money in politics:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-status-interview-or-how-to-write-up-a-senate-purge-list

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

Some say this boat has been here since 1966, but according to Minjastofnun, it's far more recent. They claim it drifted there around 1998. Either way, there's not much left.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #decay #sea #shore #boat #sky

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

/cc @owa

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mayank@front-end.social ("Mayank") wrote:

@swithinbank i think it can be done, but we're going to need way better education

bootcamps that spend 1 hour on HTML and 6 weeks on JS/React are doing a disservice to newcomers

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

Good riddance

Embattled Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino expected to depart Chicago in coming days - ABC News https://share.google/k8ZerQBZaPrYYO7yL

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
linkdrop@troet.cafe wrote:

slash pages https://slashpages.net/ #homepage #indieweb #website #about #slash #page #slug #web

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

This is a first for me: I have two books (When the Moon Hits Your Eye and The Shattering Peace) in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards, in the science fiction category. If you'd like to vote for either (or any other very worthy candidate), here's a link:

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-science-fiction-books-2025

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mayank@front-end.social ("Mayank") wrote:

HTML is one of the more difficult languages, while JS is probably one of the easiest.

HTML has both a low barrier to entry and a surprising amount of depth. it's almost deceptively simple on the surface. but to make best use of HTML, you have to* understand how it translates to DOM and the accessibility tree.

*well, you don't _have_ to, but it certainly helps if it's your profession. so many web developers get by without ever learning the difference between attributes and properties.

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

trying a new-to-me biscuit recipe

jwz wrote:

The algorithm failed music.

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop. Spotify leadership didn't see themselves as a music company, but as a time filler. The employee explained...
https://jwz.org/b/ykxT

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

Credit where it's due, I've given The Verge a lot of grief about failing to engage with the iOS/web/PWA question in some very obvious places, but this is an outstanding set of questions to TimBL from Nilay Patel, and Tim's support is very much appreciated :

https://www.theverge.com/podcast/814552/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-ai-future-interview#:~:text=There%20is%20one,a%20good%20move.

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

The best budget brown sauce? Aldi’s Bramwells vs HP Sauce - Cheap eats taste test

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/qYaRUjzaCgu2yvh67XKVVV

jwz wrote:

DHS Just Pepper-Sprayed a Baby.

Obergruppenführer Bovino took "dress for the job you want" to heart. Gregory Bovino's Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago has hit a new low: For months, border agents have been brutalizing civilians and making absurd...
https://jwz.org/b/ykxO

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Burn them all"
Sticker spotted in Sao Paulo, Brazil

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

My brain keeps trying to brew up a blog post about the relationship between anti-intellectualism, fascism, and AI fanaticism.

And the sad thing is that I immediately thought about how posting such a thing would affect my current and future employability. A sure sign that Things Are Fine.

(If you know of articles touching on the above, please feel free to reply w/ links here.)

Boosted by jwz:
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

TIL the "orb ponderer" meme source is from a Lord of the Rings licensed RPG sourcebook, so the orb in question is unfortunately a palantir. https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=2584

Boosted by jwz:
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

DONALD TRUMP: [wanders away into a field like a depressed tortoise]

DEMS: fine fine we give in

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
waxy@xoxo.zone ("Waxy.org") wrote:

DOCTYPE Magazine: Matt Round made a 1980s-style type-in print magazine, full of novel standalone web apps you type in by hand https://vole.wtf/doctype/

Boosted by jwz:
deersyrup@yiff.life ("number one wasp liker") wrote:

in UNIX, everything is a file except for the beating heart of the serpent, which is an ioctl

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
Ashedryden@xoxo.zone ("Ashe Dryden") wrote:

I am begging you, if you are a restaurant, you need to have a web presence other than Facebook and Instagram. I don't have those, and therefore can't see anything about your business!

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

#VoteBlueNoMatterWho has been a disaster of a strategy, discouraging voters from paying attention, and running cover for the #DNC to primary viable progressive candidates in favor of centrists who will vote with the GOP whenever we're in danger of achieving progress.

Even when #Democrats win, they lose because they bankroll obstructionists.

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

Threads targets podcasters with new features:

"Meta explained it’s interested in the podcast community because it sees the potential in becoming the de facto place for people to talk about shows and engage with creators."

Wow, sounds like the beginnings of the same strategy that almost killed news blogs. If TechCrunch is only willing to repeat Meta’s press releases, and not contextualize the claims with Meta’s ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/11/11/threads-targets-podcasters-with-new.html

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
DionRa@kind.social ("🏳️‍🌈 Dion 🤘🏿🎉") wrote:

RE: https://kind.social/@DionRa/115395618239931829

it's SO fucking cold here now and we still don't dare use the fire because of the risk of CO poisoning 😭😭😭😭

using little space heaters to warm our bedrooms cause it's all we have but it's so cold outside our rooms and it's so expensive to heat this way and i don't want the little funds we've got so far to keep going on huge electric bills - we NEED to get out of here before this gets worse 😭😭😭😭😭

Boosted by jwz:
hejsna@ruby.social ("Johan Halse") wrote:

@onekind I remember @jwz saying that at some point: if you’re a person who consciously selects the music you want to listen to, you’re in a tiny minority. I really didn’t want to believe it but this is the roaring twenties and everything fucking sucks so why not that, too

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

Eight of the most corrupt US senators, who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election and got away with it, who are now taking food out of the mouths of the poorest and hungriest of their constituents, have found a sleazy and unprecedented trick to hand themselves $500,000 each in taxpayer money. https://mas.to/@tpm%5Frss%5Fbot/115531895091616066

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 📅"):
tylersticka@social.lol ("Tyler Sticka") wrote:

I’ve seen one-time passcode (“OTP”) interfaces cause undue stress in otherwise level-headed #WebDev teams.

Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be complicated: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/simple-one-time-passcode-inputs/

#HTML #CSS #JavaScript

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

Or maybe you'd prefer Avi Loeb's idea…

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
Ashedryden@xoxo.zone ("Ashe Dryden") wrote:

A Wisconsin comedian has been raising awareness to residents about the consequences of AI companies wanting to put datacenters in their towns.

"Mass surveillance isn't free!"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ILAh210SEtk #AI

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

In case you've been wondering what the crackpots think about 3I/ATLAS…

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/11/whats-up-with-3i-atlas-now/