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

The Onion don't miss

https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jonty@chaos.social ("Jonty Wareing") wrote:

My partner walked in and asked if I was still working.

What was on my screen:

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

Every morning, I step outside and within 30-seconds or so my crow friends fly up to the fence and patiently wait for me to serve them peanuts.

One crow always lands first. His name is Gus. Then, Marcelo, Phil, Caroline, etc. (I haven’t named the all yet).

#photography #crows

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mce@cosocial.ca ("Mike Edey") wrote:

Saw this kingfisher today on the dog walk. Must have been fed-up and content to survey its domain.

#Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #VancouverIsland

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

We're really tethered to our phone numbers for life now. It's like an SSN. I have so many 2-step it would be impossible to change my phone number.

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

Shout out to T-Mobile you really know how to make an app

Attachments:

• video: ab2efb69add3e323.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

@rollovereasy If you folks ever want to invest in a restaurant, I have a concept: late night drunk snacks, with a weekly special that rotates between different national drunk cuisines: fish & chips from England, the munchy box from Scotland, the Irish spice bag, Canadian poutine, German currywurst, etc. And now I have a name for it: Drunchy's.

jwz wrote:

We can't have nice fountains, part 3.

This skateboarding-focused history of Embarcadero Plaza is pretty great, and includes some bits about the amazing Vaillancourt Fountain that our city is still planning to destroy. Thrasher: This Old Ledge
https://jwz.org/b/ykxW

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

It would be tragic if the Epstein files dragged Larry Summers down, said no leftist ever.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/13/oh-no-larry-summers-and-bill-clinton-might-be-hurt-by-the-epstein-files-threaten-me-with-a-good-time-already/

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

I've given @theverge stick over the years for failing to cover mobile browser choice and PWAs -- the central app-layer interoperability issue of our time -- particularly in print. Which is why it's so heartening to see @nilay_patel ask TimBL about these issues directly. @owa has a recap and, per usual, brings receipts:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/tim-berners-lee-on-apples-browser-engine-ban-and-web-apps/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile.
1/4
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/tim-berners-lee-on-apples-browser-engine-ban-and-web-apps/

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The video for my TalosCon 2025 keynote, "The Complexity of Simplicity", is now up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cum5uN2634o

Slides:

https://speakerdeck.com/bcantrill/the-complexity-of-simplicity

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

In October 2025, contributions to #Debian by #Freexian collaborators involved upstreaming cPython patches, making autopkgtest for ansible-core robust and more!

Read the full report at https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-10-2025/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) for making this possible.

#python #cpython

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

Brother in law sent me this pic of his daughter's new snake, caption: "Maverick won't eat his meal"

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

I've popped up a complication of videos I recorded in 2021, with @uoou, @mattpalka, and others. I go back and listen to them myself, so I compiled the playlist into a single video for #PeerTube. Enjoy!

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

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
annie@social.lol wrote:

After reading1 the recent news about the unsurprising lack of diversity in podcasting — “64% of the hosts of the most popular US podcasts of 2024 were men…Shows with video... https://anniemueller.com/posts/my-new-business-tech-podcast

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

I have to say that spending the past couple of days being too distracted from working on my own stuff because the main project is waiting on other people sorting their own stuff, has mostly been a waste of time, and not the fun, diverting kind of waste.

Oh, well.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
cferdinandi ("Chris Ferdinandi") wrote:

⚓️ New Article: Open source is still broken https://gomakethings.com/open-source-is-still-broken/ #WebDev #FrontEndDeveloper #100DaysOfCode #CodeNewbie

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
hamstercorpse@kirakiratter.com ("hamsternet") wrote:

What Valve isn't going to tell you is that even if you have the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller, you still won't be able to combine them into the Steam Super Robot without the Steam Link

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

I've never upgrading
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/tahoes-terrible-icons-b-sides/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

The painting later became the cover for a comic by Harlan Ellison. 4/4

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/subterraneans/

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

I've learned my lesson about criticizing #Latinos in mixed company. But, I will say this— it's infuriating how some people from failed socialist states don't make the connection between the failure and the country that forced it to fail (USA), resulting in them perpetuating the policy in the voting booth that they ran from

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

interesting read: Perfecting Baseline
https://piccalil.li/blog/perfecting-baseline/

my beef with Baseline is that is doesn't adequately account for bugs, and even if it did, I can't afford to report bugs, because I'm too busy working around them 🫠

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

I don't drink coffee, so for me not crossing this picket line will not be difficult. But many of you DO drink coffee, so until this strike action is resolved, get your drinks elsewhere. Maybe try out that local coffeeshop near you, you know, the one that isn't part of a large national chain.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/starbucks-workers-united-union-strike-red-cup-day.html

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

Polite reminder that my "debate" philosophy here is "don't engage, just block," so if you swoop into my comments to troll, derail or hijack, you'll be consigned to the cornfield and I will never once think about you again. Have a fantastic day!

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

YouTube video: Mastercard, Steam, and the future of digital payments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3oj48tzgTE

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

We have a local cult of Asatru followers. They are so cringe.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/13/its-all-cringe/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G-ZuxmV487c

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

You know, the competent black lady isn't plastered all over the emails of the dead sex criminal

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
xkcdbot@indieweb.social wrote:

title text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'

desktop link: https://xkcd.com/3167
mobile link: https://m.xkcd.com/3167
explainxkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

The key weakness in AI agents is that they're a lie. They don't work. They just don't fuckin' work. You can't set a hallucination engine to work doing tasks. It's pants on head stupid. The hype pretends this isn't the case and hypothesises a fabulous future where they work *at all*. This is a lie.

A useful model for "AI agents" is that they're the current excuse meme for AI. They're not a thing that works at all, now or in the fabulous future. But they're *such* good material for hypecrafting. No sausage at all, but *my god* that sizzle.